Obsessive compulsive symptoms are commonly reported in those with schizophrenia. Clozapine has previously been reported to induce, aggravate and alleviate these symptoms. It is unclear if these are similar to the symptoms experienced by those with obsessive compulsive disorder. This study describes the obsessive compulsive symptom profile of a population of patients with schizophrenia treated w...

The relation between obsessive and/or compulsive symptoms and psychosis has been verified since the XIX century.1 At present, this relation presents in different ways. 2, 3 In the first place, individuals with psychosis who show obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS)4 and that can present at the onset of the disease (prodromes).5 In the second place, the OCS can occur within the context of a psych...

OBJECTIVE We aimed at examining the utility of checking and washing compulsions as markers of valid subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS One hundred and six patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were evaluated with a socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, the Clinical Glob...

OBJECTIVE To test the association between Tourette syndrome (TS) and genetic variants in genomic loci MEIS1, MAP2K5/LBXCOR1, and BTBD9, for which genome-wide association studies in restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements during sleep revealed common risk variants. DESIGN Case-control association study. SETTING Movement disorder clinic in Montreal. Subjects We typed 14 single-nucl...

Objective: This study investigates obsessive-compulsive disorder patients in terms of strategic planning and its association with specific obsessivecompulsive symptom dimensions. Method: We evaluated 32 obsessivecompulsive disorder patients. Strategic planning was assessed by the ReyOsterrieth Complex Figure Test, and the obsessive-compulsive dimensions were assessed by the Dimensional Yale-Bro...

A male patient with homosexual obsession in obsessive compulsive disorder shows a better outcome following a combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. This case report emphasizes the importance of combination therapy in obsessive compulsive disorder with abnormal sexual impulses and behavior.

there has been a recent rise in research focused on maternal psychological conditions during the perinatal period. although the majority of investigations have examined postpartum depression, there is a growing appreciation for the deleterious consequences of maternal anxiety in the perinatal period for both the mother and child. obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), in particular, has emerged a...

BACKGROUND Recent work on cognitive-behavioural models of obsessive-compulsive disorder has focused on the roles played by various aspects of self-perception. In particular, moral self-ambivalence has been found to be associated with obsessive-compulsive phenomena. AIMS In this study we used an experimental task to investigate whether artificially priming moral self-ambivalence would increase...

Psychiatric classificatory systems consider obsessions and compulsions as forms of anxiety disorder. However, the neurology of diseases associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms suggests the involvement of fronto-striatal regions likely to be involved in the mediation of the emotion of disgust, suggesting that dysfunctions of disgust should be considered alongside anxiety in the pathogenesi...

Introduction: Despite the common sociocultural background in the Arab world, considerable differences exist between its different countries. Aim of the Study: The study was conducted aiming at evaluating the impact of obsessive compulsive disorder on patients’ life in two relatively different Arab cultures and the implication of these cultures on OCD presentation and symptomatology. Subjects an...