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 »
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Affective responses and information processing in compulsive hoarding: A psychophysiological investigation
At the time of this study, hoarding disorder (HD) was expected to become a diagnosis separate from OCD in the DSM-5. Despite growing evidence that HD is a distinct disorder,… Read more »
Neural correlates of emotional response inhibition in obsessive compulsive disorder
Prior studies showed that problems in controlling inhibitions related to intrusive thoughts are tied to OCD. Brain imaging techniques were used to look at inhibitory control processes and the processing… Read more »
Attentional processes in scrupulous OCD
Scrupulosity is a subtype of OCD that is defined by a prevalence of moral and religious obsessions and compulsions. Scrupulosity affects 1 in 20 of Western OCD sufferers; in some… Read more »
The frequency of oscillations in obsessive compulsive disorder
With the rise of imaging methods and measurements that could look into how brain regions interact in patients with OCD, more research was needed into their strengths and limitations. This… 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 »
Comparison of brain activation patterns in hoarding disorder and non-hoarding OCD
When the DSM-5 was published in 2012, hoarding disorder (HD) became a diagnosis separate from OCD. By that point, evidence also showed that patients with HD showed different abnormalities in… Read more »
Investigation of visual perceptual deficits in BDD using EEG
Prior functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research suggested that people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) process visual information differently from people without BDD. This may be a key factor behind… Read more »