Anxiety, obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in children comes to life in a variety of ways. The key to understanding OCD in your patients? Asking why. Katie Kreitzer, LPC, a practicing counselor and owner of the Center for Anxiety Disorders (an outpatient clinic specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders in Brookfield, Wisconsin), joins us today to help dissect the recognition and treatment of OCD in children and adolescents.

The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.

For additional information please visit:

• International OCD Foundation
• OCD Wisconsin
• Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
• Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale