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 »