While medications and psychotherapy can each help about 60% of OCD patients, troubling symptoms can often persist even among treatment responders. New therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. The top therapeutic… Read more »
Decision-making impairments in OCD: An integrated behavioral economics model
Patients with OCD often view risky situations as aversive, with high rates of avoidance of feared situations and stimuli (e.g., public restrooms, kitchen stoves). However, the research on risk aversion… Read more »
The impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder on education, labor market marginalization, and societal cost
OCD typically emerges in childhood or adolescence, may be chronic, and is associated with marked functional impairment, reduced quality of life, and high economic burden for society. The impact of… Read more »