To C - reply from Dr. Geller

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its such a good question

in your case its impossible to say and we cannot make a definitive link because

of her early age and the delay between the suspected trauma and the onset of OCD

the cases where its more closely temporally linked eg in war vets and after

abuse are clearer

there is indeed a link between ocd and ptsd and possibly with subthreshold

levels of " trauma " as well

I have a paper in review on this subject in J Anxiety Disorders

and can share it when the paper is accepted

best wishes

dg

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> Can trauma from being adopted at 18 months of age have caused the OCD?

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> I've heard and read that trauma early in life can set the stage for OCD.

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> My question is this: I adopted my daughter from China when she was 18

> months old. She was extremely traumatized at the time of the adoption, all

> she did was scream and sleep and eat. She was almost catatonic when I

> brought her home. I am single so, unfortuantely, I had to work so she was

> put in a wonderful preschool with her sister (also adopted from China and

> two years older than her.) When I picked her up from school in the

> afternoon, she would be in the same spot as she was when I left her in the

> morning. The teachers were very sweet and tried to get her to lay down for

> a nap, etc. Fortunately, she became comfortable as time went on. I'd say

> it took a couple of months for her to feel comfortable.

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> Could the trauma of the adoption have caused the OCD?

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