... response, partial response, and remission in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are widely used in clinical trials and regular practice. However, the clinimetric sensitivity of these definitions, that is, whether they identify patients that experience meaningful changes in their everyday life, remains...

...Frederick Aardema; Stéphane Bouchard; Diana Koszycki; Marc E. Lavoie; Jean-Sebastien Audet; Kieron O’Connor Introduction: Inference-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (I-CBT) is a specialized psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) without deliberate and prolonged exposure...

...Norbert Kathmann; Tanja Jacobi; Björn Elsner; Benedikt Reuter Introduction: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has proven its efficacy in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Objective: To test generalizability to routine care settings, we conducted...

... Obsessive-compulsive disorder Anorexia nervosa Randomized controlled trial Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which is characterized by intrusive thoughts, images, or urges (i.e., obsessions) and repetitive behaviors performed to relieve obsessional distress (i.e., compulsions) [ 1 ], affects 1...

..., depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: PubMed, Embase, and trial registers were systematically searched for studies in which patients: (1) had an anxiety disorder, a depressive disorder, OCD, or PTSD and (2) experienced failure to respond...

...Henny A. Visser; Harold van Megen; Patricia van Oppen; Merijn Eikelenboom; Adriaan W. Hoogendorn; Maarten Kaarsemaker; Anton J. van Balkom Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with poor insight has severe consequences for patients; nonetheless, no randomized controlled trial has ever been...

... Clin Psychiatry 2009;70:70-82. 3. American Psychiatric Association: Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2007;164(suppl):1-56. 4. Tundo A, Salvati L, Di Spigno D, Cieri L, Parena A, Necci R, Sciortino S: Cognitive-behavioral...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Benzodiazepines Antidepressive agents Anxiety Generalized anxiety disorder Panic Agoraphobia Social phobia Obsessive-compulsive disorder Meta-analysis Systematic review Anxiety disorders encompassing phobias, panic...

...Anton J.L.M. van Balkom; Paul M.G. Emmelkamp; Merijn Eikelenboom; Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn; Johannes H. Smit; Patricia van Oppen Background: To compare the effectiveness of second-step treatment with cognitive therapy (CT) versus fluvoxamine in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who...

...Idan M. Aderka; Gideon E. Anholt; Anton J.L.M. van Balkom; Johannes H. Smit; Haggai Hermesh; Patricia van Oppen Background: The present study examined sudden gains during treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and their relationship to short- and long-term outcome. Methods: Ninety-one...

...Giuseppe Maina; Gianluca Rosso; Sylvia Rigardetto; Simone Chiadò Piat; Filippo Bogetto Background: Until now no studies have investigated the benefits of adding brief dynamic therapy (BDT) to medication in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), while a number of recent investigations have...

... improved significantly once practice changed so that exposure only involved anxiogenic thoughts, not anxiolytic thoughts, the latter being stopped. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Anxiety Exposure Ruminations Hostility Behaviour therapy 18 2 2010 © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel 1994...

...S. Dirson; M. Bouvard; J. Cottraux; R. Martin Memory processes were compared in 26 patients presenting DSM-III-R obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with 20 sex-, age- and education-matched normal controls. A significant between-group difference was found: visual memory was significantly lower...

...Iulian Iancu; Elie Lepkifker; Pinhas Dannon; Moshe Kotler The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and pregnancy is reviewed in the light of recent reports concerning the frequent onset and exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive disorder during pregnancy. We present the case of a young...

...Gideon E. Anholt; Pieter Kempe; Else de Haan; Patricia van Oppen; Danielle C. Cath; Johannes H. Smit; Anton J.L.M. van Balkom Background: Behavior therapy [exposure and response prevention (ERP)] and cognitive therapy (CT) have proven effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder...

... the effectiveness of a computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CCBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods: Fifteen electronic bibliographic databases including Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Cinahl, PsycINFO, Biological Abstracts, HMIC and NHS CRD databases were comprehensively searched...

...: Previous studies have suggested an association between alexithymia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, it is unclear to which extent alexithymic traits in OCD patients reflect familial deficits in cognitively processing and communicating feelings that are also present in their first-degree...

...Michael Rufer; Dada Held; Julia Cremer; Susanne Fricke; Steffen Moritz; Helmut Peter; Iver Hand Background: Previous studies have found a strong association between dissociation and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether dissociation...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Randomized controlled trial Obsessive-compulsive disorder Behavior therapy Fluvoxamine Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was previously considered to be refractory...

...Massimo Biondi; Angelo Picardi Background: Both medication and psychotherapy are effective in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, they both have disadvantages. We aimed at studying the long-term effectiveness of integrated treatment compared with medication alone. Methods: A private...