There are many comorbid disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in child and adolescent population. Although obsessive compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) comorbidity has common in clinical practice, there are few reports about psychopharmacological treatment for obsessive compulsive symptoms in children with ASD in the literacy. We report a successful treatment ...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the prevalence and phenomenology of body dysmorphic disorder in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD The authors studied 442 patients who participated in the DSM-IV field trial for obsessive-compulsive disorder. RESULTS Twelve percent (N = 51) of the patients had a lifetime comorbid diagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder. Patients with and wit...

abstract aim and background: sulloway suggested that birth-order has a significant effect on personality traits, proposing first-borns children are more perfectionistic and more neurotic than later-borns. in abnormal form, perfectionism is closely associated with eating disorders and obsessive compulsive. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of birth-order on perfectionism, p...

background: this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of topiramate, a glutamate-modulating agent, in patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) as an adjunct to serotonin reuptake inhibitors (sris). materials and methods: thirty-eight patients with refractory ocd, were randomly assigned to receive topiramate or placebo. this study was designed as a 12-week, double...

The role of cerebellar pathology in psychiatric symptoms has long been recognized. Cerebellar pathology has been associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder pathophysiology, particularly with compulsive hoarding. Likewise, some cerebellum abnormalities have been described in schizophrenia, as well as in comorbidity between obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. The authors report th...

OBJECTIVE There is little information about obsessive-compulsive disorder in large representative community samples. The authors aimed to establish obsessive-compulsive disorder prevalence and its clinical typology among adults in private households in Great Britain and to obtain generalizable estimates of impairment and help-seeking. METHOD Data from the British National Psychiatric Morbidit...

hoarding is characterized by the persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of the value others may attribute to these possessions. hoarding resembles obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) in several ways. the avoidance of and difficulties with discarding seem to be driven by fears of losing something significant or being responsible for a bad outcome. these could be...

conclusion distinct neurochemical and histological structure changes (cortico-striatal-thalamic-cortical cycle) exist in patients with first-episode ocd. 1h-mrs is capable of identifying these changes by assessing metabolic abnormalities. objectives this study aims to use magnetic resonance spectroscopy (mrs) to discover substance-metabolism abnormalities of brain circuits in patients with firs...

most obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) patients meet psychiatrists 5 to 10 years after onset of ocd .its relatively high prevalence ratio and the delay in seeking help suggest that patients with ocd may seek help at non-psychiatric clinics. the present study was undertaken to provide some epidemiological data on the prevalence and severity of ocd in dermatological patients. the participants i...

the present study aimed to examine the efficacy of metacognitive therapy in treatment of patients with pure obsession.six patients suffering from pure obsession were selected using purposeful sampling method and were included after meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. patients were assessed using the structured clinical interview for dsm- iv axis i disorder - patient edition (scid- i/p)...