Evidence-based treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) such as exposure therapy and psychopharmacology are often unavailable to people with OCD. The researchers studied digital health approaches such as videoconferencing to improve access to OCD treatment and found 5 useful ways to incorporate the technology.
Estimates of obsessive-compulsive disorder may be underestimated in pregnant women and new mothers.
The researchers compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety, worry, and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without lifetime depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders.
With little being known about the predictors or moderators of dTMS outcome for OCD, this study sought to examine if several theoretically relevant variables may predict and moderate treatment effects including OCD symptom severity, functional impairment, co-occurring depressive symptoms, age, gender, age of OCD onset, and family history of OCD.
To evaluate the mobile app, two groups of spider-fearful individuals played either the Spider App (experimental group) or a non-spider associated app (control group) twice a day for approximately 12 min for 7 days.
With global measures to prevent infection implemented to combat COVID-19, experts assume that the pandemic is affecting people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, especially those with washing compulsions.
Researchers conducted 1-month follow-ups with patients who had either been treated at the hospital or at home for COVID-19 and found that longer hospital stays were associated with lower scores on psychopathology dimension tests.
This clinical review assessed the use of exposure and response prevention therapy for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study highlights the importance of transdiagnostic approaches to psychiatry.
This study examines whether pretreatment brain activation during cognitive control and reward processing is associated with treatment response to CBT in patients with OCD.
