اثرات درازمدت درمان رفتاری شناختی بر روی برنامه ریزی و عملکرد قاعده قبل از مواجهه در اختلال وسواس فکری کودکان

Pediatric OCD patients, compared with healthy control subjects, showed longer reaction times and additional recruitment of frontal brain regions during planning. These differences tended to normalize after CBT, and the process continued during 2 years of follow-up. This longitudinal study shows long-lasting changes in cognitive performance and prefrontal cortex function after CBT and suggests that planning dysfunction in pediatric OCD is a state rather than a trait characteristic of the disorder.