Objective: The prevalence rate of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was found to be higher in women during pregnancy and puerperium than that estimated in the general population. Additionally, the symptomatology of OCD shows several variations during the lifetime of women. Objective of the current study was to examine the clinical characteristics and comorbidity with other anxiety and mood di...

Ten nondepressed patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who were characterized by predominant checking rituals were compared with 10 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Hemispheric and regional cerebral blood flow levels (rCBF) were measured with positron emission tomography (H2 15O) across four conditions: rest, auditory stimulation with idiosyncratic normal or abnormal obsession...

The aim of the current study was to further investigate the role of metacognitive beliefs implicated inWells’ (1997) model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The metacognitive domains of thought-fusion beliefs and beliefs about rituals were positively correlated with obsessive-compulsive symptomsin a community control sample (N = 269) and in an OCD sample (N = 57). The OCD samp...

The present study examines the association between disgust sensitivity (DS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in two non-clinical samples. Findings from Study 1 (n=270) revealed a significant association between DS and OCD symptoms even after controlling for negative affect and anxiety sensitivity. Subsequent analysis also revealed a specific association between DS and the washin...

objective: the present study aimed to explore the relationship between worry and obsessive compulsive symptoms. we examined the correlations between the padua inventory (pi) and the penn state worry questionnaire (pswq) to further explore the distinctiveness of the pi. method: seventy-five subjects (n=40 male, n= 35 female) were selected from hafez hospital (iran) for this study: the subjects i...

Introduction Worldwide epidemiological studies estimate that around 1% of the world population suffers from schizophrenia and 2 to 3% compulsive-obsessive disorder (OCD). Moreover, a significant percentage patients present an OCD comorbidity. These statistics testify close relationship between two pathologies, which sometimes causes difficulties in differentiating diagnoses, complicated by fact...

BACKGROUND To describe the prevalence of obsessions and compulsions and the specific symptoms present in postpartum women without obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS In this prospective cohort, women were screened with the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale at 2 weeks postpartum. Demographics and comorbid psychiatric symptoms were compared between women with screen-positive OCD, s...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for the relationship between personality disorders (PDs), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and other anxiety disorders different from OCD (non-OCD) symptomatology. METHOD The sample consisted of a group of 122 individuals divided into three groups (41 OCD; 40 non-OCD, and 41 controls) matched by sex, age, and educational level. Al...

BACKGROUND Cognitive functioning in individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) has not been adequately studied. AIM Examine the cognitive flexibility and planning ability of individuals with OCD and OCPD. METHODS Twenty patients with OCD and 25 patients with OCPD who had not taken medication in the previous two weeks were i...