Obesity and psychiatric disorders have high prevalence and are both considered major health problems. Within the last decades, the rates of obesity have risen over 6%, while the prevalence of psychiatric disorders is over 12% for children and adolescents.
Ioulia Kokka +2 more
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Response Inhibition and Interference Control in Obsessive–Compulsive Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
Over the past 20 years, motor response inhibition and interference control have received considerable scientific effort and attention, due to their important role in behavior and the development of neuropsychiatric disorders. Results of neuroimaging studies indicate that motor response inhibition and interference control are dependent on cortical ...
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Brain Connectivity and Prediction of Relapse after Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder [PDF]
Intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can effectively reduce symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, many relapse after treatment. Few studies have investigated biological markers predictive of follow-up clinical status. The objective was to determine if brain network connectivity patterns prior to intensive CBT predict ...
Feusner, Jamie D +8 more
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Autistic traits and obsessive-compulsive personality traits in OCD patients
Background Studies have reported a high prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in young people with obsessive-compulsive disorder with a negative effect on psychosocial functioning.
A. Abd Elgawad +4 more
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Are There Familial Patterns of Symptom Dimensions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous illness, and emerging evidence suggests that different symptom dimensions may have distinct underlying neurobiological mechanisms. We aimed to look for familial patterns in the occurrence
Srinivas Balachander +23 more
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No Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Fear-Potentiated Startle in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder [PDF]
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral internal capsule is effective in treating therapy refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Given the close proximity of the stimulation site to the stria terminalis (BNST), we hypothesized that the striking decrease in anxiety symptoms following DBS could be the result of the modulation of contextual ...
Johanna M.P. Baas +9 more
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Poor Insight [PDF]
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder that may cause severe disability. Insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder has been an issue of debate since the disorder was described for the first time.
Serkut Bulut +2 more
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WNT/β-catenin pathway and circadian rhythms in obsessive-compulsive disorder
The neuropsychiatric disease named obsessive-compulsive disorder is composed by obsessions and/or compulsions. Obsessive-compulsive disorder etiologies are undefined. However, numerous mechanisms in several localizations are implicated.
Alexandre Vallee +2 more
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Providing a structural model for predicting symptoms of practical obsessive compulsive disorder based on religious adherence the mediating role of personality function [PDF]
Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a clinical syndrome, characterized by disturbing and intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses and repetitive behaviors.
Shabnam Karami +3 more
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Obsessive–compulsive disorder patients have a reduced sense of control on the illusion of control task [PDF]
There is disagreement regarding the role of perceived control in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The present study used a traditional illusion of control paradigm (Alloy and Abramson, 1979) to empirically test control estimation in OCD. Twenty-six OCD patients and 26 matched comparison subjects completed an illusion of control task wherein their ...
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