Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Models ◽  
The One

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most destructive psychological disorders. Its symptoms often interfere with work or school, interpersonal relationships, and with activities of daily living (e.g., driving, using the bathroom). Moreover, the psychopathology of OCD is seemingly complex: sufferers battle ubiquitous unwanted thoughts, doubts, and images that, while senseless on the one hand, are perceived as signs of danger on the other hand. The thematic variation and elaborate relations between behavioral and cognitive signs and symptoms can be perplexing to even the most experienced of observers. Cognitive-behavioral models of OCD explain these phenomena and account for their heterogeneity. These models also have implications for how OCD is treated using exposure and response prevention, which research indicates are effective short- and long-term interventions.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2001 ◽  
pp. 169-204
Author(s):  
Peter D. McLean ◽  
Sheila R. Woody
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Planning ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Models ◽  
Detailed Application

This chapter presents a description of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the prevailing theory of OCD. It also reviews assessment issues related to diagnosis and treatment planning, along with the role of triggers, cognitive appraisals, feared consequences, and avoidance in the occurrence of obsessive thoughts. The chapter will concentrate on the detailed application of behavioral and cognitive behavioral models of treatment for OCD, since these approaches have been guided by empirical development.

We Do Not See Things as They Are, We See Them as We Are: A Multidimensional Worldview Model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Doron ◽  
Michael Kyrios ◽  
Richard Moulding ◽  
Maja Nedeljkovic ◽  
Sunil Bhar
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
The World ◽  
Nonclinical Sample ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Models ◽  
And Coping

Cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) assign a central role to specific beliefs and coping strategies in the development, maintenance and exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. These models also implicate perceptions of self and the world in the development and maintenance of OC phenomena (e.g., overestimation of threat, sociotropy, ambivalent or sensitive sense of self, looming vulnerability), although such self and world domains have not always been emphasized in recent research. Following recent recommendations (Doron & Kyrios, 2005), the present study undertook a multifaceted investigation of self and world perceptions in a nonclinical sample, using a coherent worldview framework (Janoff-Bulman, 1989, 1991). Beliefs regarding the self and the world were found to predict OC symptom severity over and above beliefs outlined in traditional cognitive-behavioral models of OCD. Self and world beliefs were also related to other OC-relevant beliefs. Implications of these findings for theory and treatment of OCD are discussed.

Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

CNS Spectrums ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (S3) ◽  
pp. 46-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart A. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Serotonin Reuptake ◽  
Serotonin Receptor ◽  
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ◽  
Clinical Treatment ◽  
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Short And Long Term

AbstractAll the research to date implicates serotonin as the major neurotransmitter involved in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Much of the evidence has come from clinical treatment studies, which have shown the specific antiobsessional effect of drugs that are potent inhibitors of serotonin reuptake. Only the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the potent inhibitors of serotonin reuptake have been shown to be effective in treating patients with OCD. Serotonin receptor inhibitors and SSRIs have been thoroughly investigated in short- and long-term placebo-controlled studies and all have been found to be effective in OCD.

Augmentation strategy with olanzapine in resistant obsessive compulsive disorder: an Italian long-term open-label study

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Marazziti ◽  
Chiara Pfanner ◽  
Bernardo Dell’osso ◽  
Antonio Ciapparelli ◽  
Silvio Presta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Open Label Study ◽  
Label Study ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Augmentation Strategy

Weight Gain During Long-Term Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 1365-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Maina ◽  
Umberto Albert ◽  
Virginio Salvi ◽  
Filippo Bogetto
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Long Term Treatment
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