the critical factor underlying feelings of doubt and uncertainty endemic in OCD. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.11.007Ben Shachar, AdvahLazarov, AmitGoldsmith, MorrisMoran, RaniDar, ReuvenJournal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry...
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a highly debilitating condition associated with considerable distress1. One of the most common types of OCD, affecting up to 46% of OCD patients, is characterized by severe contamination fears and excessive washing behaviors2. These patients feel anxious e...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD): People with OCD may feel overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts about things that could go wrong. To relieve these thoughts, they may engage in rituals, such as checking door locks, cleaning, or counting. Phobias: People withphobiasmay ruminate on their fears, espe...
An individual diagnosed with OCD typically has intrusive thoughts, impulses, images that produce anxiety (i.e., obsessions), and repetitive behaviors that are carried out to reduce anxiety (i.e., compulsions). These thoughts and behaviors must cause marked distress, take more than 1 h a day ...
von Spreckelsen, P., Jonker, N. C., Vugteveen, J., Wessel, I., Glashouwer, K. A., & de Jong, P. J. (2021). Individual differences in avoiding feelings of disgust: Development and construct validity of the disgust avoidance questionnaire.,(3), e0248219.https://doi.org/10.1371/...
The aim of this research was to study the perfectionism, obsessive – compulsive personality traits and perceived patterns of parental behaviors in individuals with OCD. It was hypothesized that the checking subtype of this disorder was differed significantly from other groups. For this purpose, 60 ...
Bio Overview of Services Michael provides psychological services to adults, and adolescents (14 years and older). He specializes in several areas, including the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, adhd, autism spectrum disorder, addictions, PTSD, OCD, and family and...
Compassionate-acceptance can also help navigate feelings of rejection more effectively, by dealing directly with the inevitable avoidance (phase 5). Avoidance is natural, when we fear something we tend to stay away. But in the case of fear of rejection, avoidance is a lot more subtle, for exa...
Many people see their opportunities at a professional level limited because they suffer from math anxiety, that is, they have feelings of tension when they face activities that involve handling numbers (for reviews see, for example, Ramirez et al., 2018; Suárez-Pellicioni et al., 2016). Thi...
suddenly the communication got shut off” (P12). A small minority of participants reported being rejected by both the family they grew up with and their new biological family, evoking feelings of double rejection. For instance, a 45-year-old woman stated: “all the people who conceived me li...