objective: this research aimed to study the relationship between scrupulosity and obsessivecompulsive symptoms as well as obsessive-compulsive-related cognitive styles (obsessive beliefs and thought-action fusion).  methods: this was a correlational study. the study population included all individuals who referred to counseling centers of tehran from august to december 2010 and diagnosed with o...

scrupulosity (also known as religious obsessive-compulsive disorder) is a sub-group of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) that has not been well investigated internationally and in iran. in recent decades, scrupulosity has been the researchers’ subject of interest and relevant literature, mostly with a cognitive approach, has attracted attention. in this regard, investigators have tried to she...

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...

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...

Neuroimaging studies have indicated abnormalities in cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical circuits in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with controls. However, there are inconsistencies between studies regarding the exact set of brain structures involved and the direction of anatomical and functional changes. These inconsistencies may reflect the differential impact of environme...

The anti-compulsive effects of high and low frequency stimulation (LFS, HFS) of the entopeduncular nucleus and globus pallidus (the rat's equivalent, respectively, of the primate's internal and external segments of the globus pallidus) were assessed in the signal attenuation rat model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). HFS, but not LFS, of the two nuclei exerted an anti-compulsive effect, ...

The textbook description of comorbid depressive and obsessive compulsive disorders is that of onset of one following the onset or peak severity of the other, and recovery of one usually following recovery of the other. We describe a case who developed first onset obsessive compulsive disorder at tail of first onset major depression. This case highlights need for studies on the course of comorbi...

Compulsive buying is a form of addictive consumption where consumers purchase goods that they either don’t need or can’t afford. This paper reviews the literature on this problem behavior and summarizes the findings in the following three areas: conceptual definition, reasons “why” consumers engage in this type of addictive consumption, predictors of compulsive shoppers and the correlation with...

ObjectiveObsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms are common in the general population, but it is unclear whether subclinical OC and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) part of a neuroanatomical continuum. The goal this study was to investigate relation between subcortical cortical morphology population-based sample children.MethodThe included 2,551 participants, aged 9–12 years, from Generation R St...