Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
From the Journals
Multiple mental health woes? Blame it on genetics
The results could lead to the development of treatments that address multiple psychiatric disorders at once.
Latest News
Cluttered consciousness: The mental effects of growing up with a hoarder
“There’s now good reason to believe that people can live much happier lives and overcome this problem. CBT does seem to work for a lot of people...
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Trichotillomania: What you should know about this common hair-pulling disorder
There may be subtypes of trichotillomania: one that’s more like an OCD and one that’s more like an addiction.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Treatment augmentation strategies for OCD: A review of 8 studies
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder that affects 1% to 3% of the population worldwide.1,...
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DSM-5 update: What’s new?
The new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is in the form of a textbook, is already drawing some criticism.
Mental Health Consult
Psychiatry and semantics
I am a psychiatrist, which means I am a mental health professional, which means I work with people with mental illness....
Pearls
SCAMP: Assessing body-focused repetitive behaviors
Repetitive behaviors towards the body, such as hair pulling and skin picking, are common. Approximately 5% of the general population may meet...
From the Journals
Antidepressant may cut COVID-19–related hospitalization, mortality: TOGETHER
In the latest study, fluvoxamine-treated patients had a 32% reduction in hospitalizations and emergency visits, compared with those in the placebo...
Feature
Spiders, dogs, and PTSD: A virtual treatment for phobias and fear
“We’d put Tony (the tarantula) at the end of a long hallway before the treatment and see how close the patients could get to him,” said Dr. Arash...
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Therapeutic homework adherence improves tics in Tourette’s disorder
After eight sessions of behavior therapy, overall greater homework adherence significantly predicted reduced tic severity.
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Gut health ‘vitally important’ for mental health
“It’s clear that clinicians need to place a greater awareness of gut health when considering the treatment of certain psychiatric disorders.”