The existing literature suggests that serotonergic medication also reduces pediatric OCD symptoms However, at posttest, the average child treated with SRIs still evidenced moderate symptom severity on s the Y-BOCS. Moreover, the degree of residual symptoms with SRIs was sufficient to meet OCD severity criteria for entry into most medication trials (Y-BOCS >16). Thus, SRIs represent a viable treatment strategy when ERP is unavailable or in cases of ERP refusal or failure. One drawback of pharmacotherapy is that symptoms typically return when medication is discontinued (e.g., Thomsen, 2000); however, the lack of follow-up results in pediatric OCD medication trials prevents definitive conclusions about long-term effects. Our meta- analytic data suggest that clomipramine is not more effective than other SRI medications. However, to date, no direct comparisons between clomipramine and more selective SRIs have been conducted and, thus, final conclusions await further research