The effectiveness of cognitive therapy in the treatment of OCD is assessed and some treatment guidelines are provided. Although behavior therapy is the treatment of choice for OCD, patients can benefit from the addition of antidepressant medication or cognitive therapy, at least during the initial ...
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SRIs) are the treatment of choice for Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) is a prime target for SRIs, thus suggesting the gene coding for 5-HTT could play a role in the pharmacological response of OCD. A 44 bp deletion/ ins...
Background The drug treatments of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs). However, a correlation between the neuropeptide oxytocin in cerebrospinal fluid and the severity of OCD has previously been shown, and oxytocin and serotonin are interconnected withi...
Treatment for body-focused OCD is paradoxical and involves intentionally leaning into your symptoms rather than away from them. This post is the last in a series of posts discussing body-focused obsessions and compulsions (aka, sensorimotor, somatosensory, or somatic obsessions and compulsions) in ...
Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling anxiety disorder. The established treatment of choice is exposure and response prevention (ERP) and it has been demonstrated that ERP is effective across a range of different treatment formats. The aim of the present pilot study was to...
Onset and Exacerbation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period The overarching goal of this study was two-fold; to determine the prevalence of perinatal onset or worsening of OCD symptoms in women attending a universit... A Forray,M Focseneanu,B Pittman,... -...
is always on a perceived flaw in your appearance. Another difference is that people with body dysmorphia have what’s called poor "insight," which means you may genuinely believe that you are unattractive, for example. People with body dysmorphia usually have less insight than people with OCD....
Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents While behavioural or cognitive-behavioural therapy (BT/CBT) is recommended as the psychotherapeutic treatment of choice for children and adolescents with o... RT O'Kearney,K Anstey,SC Von,...
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Pharmacotherapy may have a substantial impact on the course and outcome of OCD.Method: We review the evidence supporting available strategies for the pharmacological treatment of OCD.Results: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) remain the pharmacological treatment of choice and are associated ...