Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1-3% of the population. OCD is probably an etiologically heterogeneous condition. Individuals with OCD frequently have additional psychiatric disorders concomitantly or at some time during their lifetime. Recently, some authors proposed an OCD sub-classification based on comorbidity. An important issue in...

Although case reports suggest the existence of a unique relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), results from large-scale epidemiological and clinical studies have been more equivocal. Furthermore, symptom overlap may artificially inflate the significance of the relationship between OCD and PTSD. Utilizing the Obsessive-Compulsive Invent...

OBJECTIVE There is evidence of variation in the prevalence of co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia amongst ethnic groups. This study evaluated the lifetime prevalence and clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)/ obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in Afrikaner schizophrenic and schizoaffective disorder patients. METHOD An ongoing genetic study of sc...

BACKGROUND A high prevalence rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) among Hawaiian adolescents, particularly Native Hawaiians, has been reported. Because Native Hawaiian and other Polynesian youth are at an increased risk for rheumatic fever, caused by an autoimmune response to group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, we hypothesized that the genetic and environmental risk factors for streptoc...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessions and compulsions. Treatment usually consists of serotonergic medications along with exposure therapies. Danger ideation reduction therapy (DIRT) is an alternative therapy predominantly for washing compulsions and focuses on reduction of danger ideations. DIRT was tried on Ms. S. with a history of OCD for 15 years and improvement ...

introduction : the aim of this study was to compare obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) comorbidity in early and late onset bipolar i disorder and to explore the pattern of obsessive symptoms in these two groups. methods : a total of 100 inpatients with early and late bipolar disorder were admitted in the child, adolescent and adult psychiatric ward. they were recruited to the study through con...

BACKGROUND: Individuals suffering from mental disorder have to deal with both symptoms of their disorders and with stigmatizing attitudes and acts. A particular risk represents internalized stigma, which negatively influences psychological well-being of patients, as well as treatment efficiency. Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and their family members might be exposed to stigm...

From the first compelling psychoanalytic formulation at the beginning of last century by Sigmund Freud, to the latest cognitive-behavioural models, psychology has been at the forefront of the understanding of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Psychological accounts of the disorder have been proven to be sound and accurate, explaining many facets of OCD, and having important implications for ...

Introduction Bipolar Mood Disorder (BD) and Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) are psychiatric conditions that frequently co-occur express a challenging phenomenology for treatment diagnosis, since obsessive-compulsive symptoms tend to fluctuate according mood phases of BD patients. Understanding the shared psychopathology this comorbidity has relevant implications these patients, hypothesis OCD would ...