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The Rationale and Some Features of the Nordic Long-Term OCD Treatment Study (NordLOTS) in Childhood and Adolescence

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We are grateful for the support given by our scientific advisors: Dr. John March, Duke University; Dr. Martin Franklin, Penn State University; and Dr. Bo Larsson NTNU, Trondheim.

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  1. The Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway

    Tord Ivarsson, Kitty Dahl & Nor Christian Torp

  2. Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital in Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Per Hove Thomsen, Judith Becker Nissen, Inger Englyst & Karin Christensen

  3. The Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Mid-Norway, Norway

    Robert Valderhaug & Bernhard Weidle

  4. Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Hospital of Aalesund, Aalesund, Norway

    Robert Valderhaug

  5. OCD-team, Specialmottagningen, Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, Gothenburg, 416 85, Sweden

    Tord Ivarsson & Karin Melin

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Ivarsson, T., Thomsen, P.H., Dahl, K. et al. The Rationale and Some Features of the Nordic Long-Term OCD Treatment Study (NordLOTS) in Childhood and Adolescence. Child Youth Care Forum 39, 91–99 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-010-9097-3

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