Not all studies are created equal — and in child psychiatry, the stakes of getting it wrong are high. Dr. Spielmans introduces the PICOT framework, exposes common sources of bias in clinical trials, and offers practical tools for vetting the research before it reaches your patients.

SSRIs are standard for pediatric OCD, but how much do they actually move the needle? An individual participant data meta-analysis puts a number on it, and the answer is more nuanced than the guidelines suggest. Baseline severity, it turns out, matters more than most clinicians realize.

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