Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for preadolescent children with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is typically derived from adult cognitive behavioural models of OCD; however, it unknown whether these apply to children. This systematic review examined 11 cognitive, and familial maintenance mechanisms identified OCD descriptions how family factors may maintain applied symptoms/disorder (OC...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, prevalent, and disabling psychiatric that affects people of all ages may have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to review conceptual clinical aspects OCD, including its history, diagnosis, symptom dimensions, etiology, assessment, prevention, treatment. The history OCD shows transition from religious medical conceptions. ma...

objective: the present study aimed to investigate the metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd), through a comparative study of thought fusion beliefs and thought control strategies between patients with ocd, depression, and normal people. methods: this is a causal-comparative study. about 20 patients were selected with ocd, and 20 patients with major depression disorder (mdd),...

Antidepressants are efficacious for pediatric major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and non-OCD anxiety disorders. Antidepressants should be used in an evidence-based fashion, with frequent monitoring for side effects, especially when initiating treatment and adjusting dosage. With diligence to appropriate prescribing and monitoring, the benefits of therapy outweigh th...

TOPIC Identification and management of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). PURPOSE To increase advanced practice clinicians' awareness of the prevalence, screening tools, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic management of OCD. SOURCES Published literature. CONCLUSIONS Nurses have a pivotal role in teaching self-management techniques to people with OCD.

INTRODUCTION Comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been reported among patients with schizophrenia in other countries. But, the literature is not well-documented on this issue in Iran (Persia). The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of OCD and some of its related factors in a group of patients with schizophrenia in Iran. METHODS This is a cross-sectional...

Objective: Paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic condition with lifetime prevalence estimates of 1% to 3%. It is often associated with severe disruptions of family functioning and impairment of peer relationships as well as academic performance. The OCD Expert Consensus Guidelines for treating childhood obsessive compulsive disorder recommend cognitive behaviour therapy (C...

OBJECTIVE Panic Disorder (PD) and agoraphobia (AG) are frequently comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but the correlates of these comorbidities in OCD are fairly unknown. The study aims were to: 1) estimate the prevalence of PD with or without AG (PD), AG without panic (AG) and PD and/or AG (PD/AG) in a large clinical sample of OCD patients and 2) compare the characteristics of i...

Introduction Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, prevalent, and highly impairing psychiatric illness. While its aetiology remains unknown, several infectious agents have been associated to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, including herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) Toxoplasma gondii. Objectives To evaluate the serostatus for HSV-1 gondii in sample of patients with OCD, as well clinical...