Table 2 Exclusion criteria and rationale
From: The Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment Study II: rationale, design and methods
Exclusion Criteria | Rationale |
|---|---|
Other primary or co-primary psychiatric disorder | May require additional or different treatments |
Suicidal ideation with intent | May require additional or different treatments |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder(s) (including Asperger's syndrome) | May require additional or different treatments |
Thought Disorder | May require additional or different treatments |
Concurrent treatment with psychotropic medication (other than stable psychostimulant and/or certain uses of clonidine, tenex, trazodone, or neuroleptic) or psychotherapy outside study | Confounds internal validity of treatment assignment |
Prior failed trial of adequate dose of CBT for OCD | Confounds internal validity of treatment assignment; unsystematic sampling bias |
PANDAS/maintenance antibiotic for OCD/tics | Confounds internal validity of treatment assignment |
Mental Retardation | Would not permit specified CBT treatment |
Pregnancy | Potential risk of medication to fetus |