OBJECTIVE We evaluated the significance of purging behavior in the diagnosis of eating disorders through an objective assessment of eating disorder psychopathology including personality disorders. METHODS Subjects were 42 consecutive outpatients with eating disorders who visited the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic at Tokai University Hospital (Kanagawa, Japan). Diagnosis of eating and personali...

Background & Aims: Body image represents the attitude of the individual toward himself/herself, along with the feelings and thoughts that can change individuals’ behavior in various conditions and in the positive or negative direction. In neurotic perfectionism, extreme tendency to perfectionism, obsessive thoughts, impulses, or unwanted images can be observed that can damage women’s perception...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of psychiatric comorbidity on cognitive-behavioral therapy response in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD Ninety-six youths with obsessive-compulsive disorder (range 7-19 years) received 14 sessions of weekly or intensive family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy. Assessments were conducted before and after treatment. Primary ou...

The purpose of this study was to quantify the extent to which subjective ratings of craving for alcohol in the alcohol-abusing or dependent person (herein, alcoholic) correlate with measurable and specific characteristics of obsessions and compulsions. The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified to reflect obsessionality and compulsivity specifically related to heavy drinking (Y-BOCS-hd)...

Objective: To describe the cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. Method: Narrative review of specialized textbooks and articles, of the origins, fundamentals, and strategies of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. Through the review of randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses, the effectiv...