OBJECTIVE To describe the cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD Through the revision of text books and articles the origins and fundamentals of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder are presented. Through the review of randomized clinical trials and meta-analysis in Medlin...

The emergence or exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms during treatment with atypical antipsychotics, mostly clozapine, has been documented by numerous case reports (reviewed by Lykouras et al., 2003). In six recent reports involving nine cases, (Jonkers and de Haan, 2002; Lykouras et al., 2003) olanzapine was found either to cause de novo emergence or to exacerbate OC symptoms. In...

the guiding rationale for the present study stemmed from the observations pertaining to a relatively high prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder in iran and the importance of psychotropic drugs in the initial treatment and management of these cases. in this context, the aim of this investigation was to compare the relative efficacy of clomipramine, fluoxetine and tranylcypromine in the sym...

Chronic tic disorders (TD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) frequently co-occur in clinical and epidemiological samples. Family studies have found evidence of shared familial transmission between TD and OCD, whereas the familial association between these disorders and ADHD is less clear. This study aimed to investigate to what extent liab...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by the presence of recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images as well as repetitive behaviors or mental acts. According to the existing evidence, it can be predicted that difficulties in emotion regulation, impulsivity and anger are related to obsessive-compulsive disorder in one way or another. The aim of the present study was to predict o...

objective: although there are some reports of reduction of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in manic episodes or its exacerbation during depressive episodes, this relationship has not been proved. method: clinical observations of six cases with co-morbidity of bipolar-i-disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder or symptoms. results: the cases presented here show heterogeneity and variety of the r...

Background and Objectives: Obsessive symptoms among children and adolescent age groups are increasing, an observation made by mental health professionals working with this age group. Our epidemiological study targeted secondary school students to estimate the prevalence of obsessive symptoms, obsessive compulsive disorder and their different obsessive compulsive contents. Methods: The study is ...

several studies suggest that obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) is common among college students. therefore, identification of factors contributing to the symptoms of this disorder is considered one of the most important issues in the field of education. the purpose of this study is to predict the severity of ocd based on self-focused attention styles and sense of guilt in students. sample gro...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the specificity of purported relations between symptoms of eating disorders (ED) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Whereas most research has focused on diagnostic comorbidity or between-groups analyses, this study took a dimensional approach to investigate specific relations among symptoms of anorexia, bulimia, and OCD, as well as panic, de...