Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted and senseless thoughts, images, or impulses that occur repeatedly. Obsessions are experienced as unwanted and involuntary by the patient and can focus on such themes as contamination, aggression, orderliness, religion, sex:, doubt, or loss of possessions. Compulsions are ritualistic but seemingl...

BACKGROUND Several psychological sequelae have been identified in civilian war survivors. However, little is known about the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and their relationship to trauma in this population. METHOD Fifty-one adult civilian survivors of the Kosovo War (28 males) who had immigrated to Switzerland completed the Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Scale, the Post...

The present study was aimed to examine the relationship between parental report about their children’s obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and thought fusion with the parent-child relationship structure among the adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The research method was correlational descriptive and the statistical population included all the adolescents affected by obsessive c...

obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) is a psychiatric disorder manifested by thoughts and impulses that produce anxiety and result in patients performing repetitive rituals. treatment generally consists of cognitive behavioral intervention and serotonin reuptake inhibitors. up to 40% of patients will have functional impairment that significantly affects their quality of life. in the late 1990’s,...

objective: although treatments with demonstrated efficacy exist for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) researches on the effectiveness of combined treatment versus psychotherapy or drug treatment are controversial. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metacognitive therapy (mct), fluvoxamine and the combination of mct with fluvoxamine treatment in treating patients with ocd. me...

BACKGROUND A case is presented describing an association between obsessive-compulsive disorder, tattooing and unusual sexual practices. METHOD A single case report. CONCLUSIONS Tattooing and unusual sexual practices are compulsive behaviours associated with the subject's obsessive-compulsive disorder. Such associations have not previously been described in the literature.

BACKGROUND Psychopathological perfectionism is often correlated with obsessive compulsive eating disorders. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate perfectionism in people with high traits of obsessive compulsive and eating disorder characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was an expo fact research. The statistical population of the research comprised of male and fe...

objective: considering reports on the comorbidities of some psychiatric disorders with epilepsy and in view of some variability in results and lack of needed data in the iranian population, this study aimed at a further systematic evaluation of various major psychiatric disorders in epileptic patients and compared the results with a control group. method: in this study, to assess mood, anxiety,...