Psychopharmacological Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

[Psychopharmacological treatment and quality of life in obsessive compulsive disorder].

OBJECTIVE Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is an illness that considerably influences the family, academic, occupational and social functioning of patients. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of psychopharmacological treatment on quality of life in patients with OCD. METHOD Using the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and ...

Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – Current Understanding

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): is this disorder under-recognized?

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is much more common than it was initially assumed. It can be a part of a major mental illness or can occur on its own. It was found that 1-year prevalence is in the range of 0.8-2.2 % in a study. 1 There are some interesting figures on this mental disorder: 2 1 in 200 young people at any time are suffering from OCD, boys are more likely to have an onset before pube...

OCD: obsessive-compulsive … disgust? The role of disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Recent research has identified the important role of disgust in the symptomatology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Exaggerated and inappropriate disgust reactions may drive some of the symptoms of OCD, and in some cases, may even eclipse feelings of anxiety. This paper reviews behavioural and neuroimaging research that recognizes the prominent role of disgust in contributing to OCD symp...