Spouses and romantic partners of people with OCD often accommodate their loved ones’ symptoms, which reinforces them despite their belief that they may be helping their loved one. Could including… Read more »
Optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): A sham controlled randomized clinical trial of MRI-guided TMS
Methods such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) aim to decrease symptoms of disorders such as OCD by carefully and non-invasively targeting specific brain regions that are implicated in these disorders…. Read more »
Predicting medication response in obsessive compulsive disorder
A variety of medications exist for OCD, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and antidepressants such as clomipramine. However, not all patients respond to these medications equally, with some… Read more »
African-Americans with OCD: Reducing barriers to diagnosis and treatment
Although African Americans experience OCD at similar rates as the general population, they are less likely to receive treatments such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) and medications. At the… Read more »
Neuro-executive predictors of cognitive behavioral treatment response in youth with obsessive compulsive disorder
Although therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are effective in treating symptoms of pediatric OCD, not all children with OCD respond to it. Are there certain factors that could… Read more »
Internet-delivered EX/RP for early-onset OCD: A pilot feasibility trial
Research at the time of this study showed that onset of OCD before the age of nine has been associated with worse outcomes later in life. Despite the existence of… Read more »
Combining acceptance and commitment therapy with exposure and response prevention to enhance treatment engagement
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a treatment that promotes acceptance of unwanted thoughts, commitment to the present moment and one’s values, and engaging in behaviors that are in line… Read more »
Stress reactivity as a mechanism of treatment response in pediatric OCD
Although much research at the time focused on factors that aid the efficacy of exposure and response prevention (ERP) in adults with OCD, more insight into how these factors worked… Read more »
Stepped care CBT for pediatric OCD
One model of approaching and carrying out therapy is the stepped-care model —a personalized approach in which cost and intensity of an intervention are based on the individual needs of… Read more »
Effect of intranasal oxytocin on social cognition in body dysmorphic disorder
Oxytocin is a hormone that is associated with emotion recognition and social attentional processing. Given the difficulties in emotion regulation and social approach behavior present in people with body dysmorphic… Read more »