unfortunately, many people, including many psychotherapists, mistakenly think that obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) in children and adolescents is rare. recent research indicates that approximately half of all adults with ocd experience clinical symptoms of the disorder during their childhood. ocd in childhood is a chronic and distressing disorder that can lead to severe impairments in socia...

When screening women intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors for mental health concerns, helping professionals must balance the very real concerns that arise with diagnostic labels with the equally real difficulties related to mental health problems. To better understand whether and how mental health screening tools can be more useful in this process, the current study reports findings from a...