In this study, untreated patients with OCD were recruited from the University Hospital Leipzig in Germany and age- and gender-matched healthy controls were recruited from the university’s psychiatry department between 2009 and 2014.
Investigators at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in China searched publication databases through March 2021 for studies of noninvasive brain stimulation treatments for OCD.
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Researchers looked at whether patients with OCD, after achieving wellness, can taper to discontinuation of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and maintain decreased symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Researchers compared the effects of 4 contemporary ablative neurosurgical procedures on treatment-resistant psychiatric symptoms.
The study suggests that inflammation and serotonin dysfunction are responsible for the correlation.
The researchers’ objective was to evaluate the efficacy of troriluzole in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder who reported having an inadequate response to the current standard of care medications.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with the onset of psychiatric disorders in adults, little is known about children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder.
The pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the complex disorder, trichotillomania, is reviewed.
This clinical review assessed the use of exposure and response prevention therapy for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.
