Research into twins and families demonstrated that OCD is highly heritable, and that OCD is linked to malfunctioning synapses (gaps between neurons through which information and neurotransmitters flow) in the… Read more »
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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 »
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 »