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Obsessive–compulsive disorder [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly prevalent and chronic condition that is associated with substantial global disability. OCD is the key example of the 'obsessive-compulsive and related disorders', a group of conditions which are now classified together in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and the ...
Roseli Shavitt, Dan J Stein, Daniel Costa   +2 more
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Obsessive compulsive disorder

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2013
This guideline focuses on the pharmacotherapy of obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD). OCD is characterised by obsessions andcompulsions. A number of other disorders are also characterised byrepetitive thoughts and rituals and may also respond to ...
D J Stein
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Virtual Exposure With Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundDespite being highly effective and guideline-recommended for obsessive-compulsive disorder, exposure with response prevention is often underused due to barriers from both therapists and patients. Virtual reality may help address these barriers.
Lara Rolvien, Lena Jelinek, Luzie Lohse, Steffen Moritz, Lisa Borgmann, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn, Franziska Miegel   +7 more
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Obsessive–compulsive disorder [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2014
Obsessions are recurrent thoughts, images or urges that are generally unwanted (ego-dystonic). Compulsions are repetitive behaviours or mental acts performed to relieve anxiety related to obsessions or according to rigid rules.
Daniel A, Gorman, Elia, Abi-Jaoude
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Psychiatric Disorders and Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence—A Systematic Review of Cross-Sectional Studies

Children, 2023
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, Iraklis Mourikis, Flora Bacopoulou   +2 more
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Obsessive‐compulsive disorder

New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1992
AbstractObsessive‐compulsive disorder, a neurobiological disease associated with abnormalities in the basal ganglia, responds with some success to behavior modification and also to new pharmacological therapies.
A S, Al-Sabaie, F, Abdul-Rahim, A R, Al-Hamad   +2 more
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Autistic traits and obsessive-compulsive personality traits in OCD patients

Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2022
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, A. Elbatrawy, E. Shorub, M. Ramadan, H. Elkhatib   +4 more
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Are There Familial Patterns of Symptom Dimensions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
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, Srinivas Balachander, Sandra Meier, Manuel Matthiesen, Manuel Matthiesen, Manuel Matthiesen, Manuel Matthiesen, Furkhan Ali, Furkhan Ali, Anand Jose Kannampuzha, Anand Jose Kannampuzha, Mahashweta Bhattacharya, Mahashweta Bhattacharya, Ravi Kumar Nadella, Vanteemar S. Sreeraj, Dhruva Ithal, Bharath Holla, Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, Shyam Sundar Arumugham, Sanjeev Jain, YC Janardhan Reddy, YC Janardhan Reddy, Biju Viswanath   +23 more
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Poor Insight [PDF]

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2014
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, Nurhan Fistikci, Volkan Topcuoglu   +2 more
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WNT/β-catenin pathway and circadian rhythms in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Neural Regeneration Research, 2022
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, Yves Lecarpentier, Jean-Noël Vallée   +2 more
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