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Anxiety in the Teen Years

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SOURCES: 2007 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Andrew Gilbert, M.D., Child Psychiatrist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

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17-year-old Lizzie Rogers is a typical teenager - active in sports and cheerleading. But for years, she hid a troubling secret. She suffered from O-C-D, obsessive-compulsive disorder and it was getting worse.

Lizzie Rogers, Patient:

I had this really big thing - I thought, like over-thought everything, like I didn't sleep at night 'cause I was thinking so much. I'd replay everything in my head and it just got to the point where like, this isn't normal. My closet's neat now, but when I OCD'd every shirt was color coordinated, they were spaced out perfectly, they all had to have the same color hangers.

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Doctor Andrew Gilbert is with one of the few programs in the country that offers intensive outpatient O-C-D treatment just for kids.

Andrew Gilbert, MD, Child Psychiatrist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center:

We've come a long way in recognizing this disorder in childhood and adolescence. And we have some really good evidence supporting particular treatments that appear to be very effective.

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Through cognitive - behavioral therapy, kids learn how their thoughts are leading to anxiety. Then, in the exposures room, they face what triggers their O-C-D and learn how to cope. So if it's contamination fears, they touch something they find dirty or disgusting. If it's symmetry issues, they're not allowed to organize things that are out of order.

Andrew Gilbert, MD, Child Psychiatrist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center:

Because what we're trying to teach them to do is habituate. Habituation is a phenomenon that involves getting used to discomfort, getting used to anxiety. We all do it.

Lizzie Rogers, Patient:

You realize that it's not that bad and nothing bad is going to happen if you don't do it or if you do it.

Narrator:

But triggers change Lizzie says her O-C-D still comes up, every day.

Lizzie Rogers, Patient:

So you just like, kinda like, what my Mom says, slap down that OCD.

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And now she knows how. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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