Hobbies are customs and behaviours that are repeated very often, and that help the child to control some external events. Going to grow these routines some tend to continue and be reinforced, and others disappear since hobbies that last too long or reinforcing much can begin to interfere with the normal daily life of the child, and become obsessions. Obsessions are repetitive, disturbing, unpleasant and unwanted, thoughts or ideas that arise repeatedly and uncontrollable way in the child’s mind, causing a persistent fear and a high degree of anxiety. Obsesivo-compulsivas behavior can manifest at any age. The most frequent in children are: – wash or concern to catch diseases – repetitive for bedtime or dressing behavior. -At the time of sleep they need will again tell the stories and tales already well-known, since this will help them stabilize their expectations and understanding of their world.
Children in school often develop rituals on group when they learn to play, do sports in team. Older children and adolescents begin to collect objects and favorite activities. Caymus may not feel the same. They are transient symptoms associated with development, self-affirmation and the Constitution as a subject. He is considered that children have a disorder when these hobbies, obsessions and compulsions take up so much time to the day, that they prevent them from normal daily operation, and disrupt their daily activities significantly. When the children cannot do so suffer a disproportionate anxiety that they manifest themselves in cries, screams, hair pulling, aggressive behavior with itself or towards, etc. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children predominate compulsive behaviors against the obsessive thoughts. Early diagnosis of the disease as well as the application of special treatment when the first symptoms contributes to enhance the quality of life of the child and to prevent that the disorder develops a more serious state.
To be able to make the diagnosis is very important to the support and involvement of parents. To soothe the anxiety caused by the obsessive thinking, is the compulsion. A compulsion is an ritualizado behavior that is carried out for much longer than normal, repetitively and without interruption. Treatment of OCD more effective and advisable would be combining psychological therapy and medications. Psychological treatment includes behavioral and cognitive techniques:-cognitive techniques help the child identify and understand their fears and learn new ways to solve them or reduce them without feeling anxiety that provoked him and carried him to the compulsion as avoidance; -The behavioral techniques help to children and their families make contracts or put guidelines to limit or change behaviors. Medications that are used to treat OCD are selective inhibitors of the reabsorption of serotonin which serve to alleviate obsessive thoughts and therefore improve the compulsive behaviors; and they should always be indicated and taken under supervision of the pediatrician. Parents they play a supporting role vital in any treatment process supporting the child at all stages of the disorder and its treatment.