Mapping Compulsivity in the DSM-5 Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders: Cognitive Domains, Neural Circuitry, and Treatment

Mapping Compulsivity in the DSM-5 Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders: Cognitive Domains, Neural Circuitry, and Treatment

Compulsions are repetitive, stereotyped thoughts and behaviors designed to reduce harm. Growing evidence suggests that the neurocognitive mechanisms mediating behavioral inhibition (motor inhibition, cognitive inflexibility) reversal learning and habit formation (shift from goal-directed to habitual responding) contribute toward compulsive activity in a broad range of disorders. In obsessive co...

Treatment of Obsessive- Compulsive and Related Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the DSM-5

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Impulsivity and compulsivity in pathological gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Impulsividade e compulsividade no jogo patológico e no transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo The article by Tavares and Gentil represents an important contribution towards our understanding of the relationship between impulse control disorders (specifically here, pathological gambling PG) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The authors investigated the clinical characteristics and personality fe...

Handbook on Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders