Compulsive Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Randomized, controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of fluoxetine for treatment of compulsive disorders in dogs.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate efficacy of fluoxetine hydrochloride for treatment of compulsive disorders in dogs. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled clinical trial. ANIMALS: 63 dogs with compulsive disorders. PROCEDURES: The diagnosis was confirmed on the ... Read more...

Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: a twin study.

15 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Compulsive hoarding is a serious health problem for the sufferers, their families, and the community at large. It appears to be highly prevalent and to run in families. However, this familiality could be due to genetic or environmental ... Read more...

Update on pathological skin picking.

30 Jul 2009 Pathological skin picking (PSP) is a disabling disorder characterized by repetitive picking of the skin that causes tissue damage. Estimated to affect 2% to 5.4% of the population, PSP is currently listed as an impulse control disorder not otherwise ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Compulsive Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Randomized, controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of fluoxetine for treatment of compulsive disorders in dogs. 13 Sep 2009
• Drug-induced compulsive behaviors: exceptions to the rule. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevalence and heritability of compulsive hoarding: a twin study. 15 Aug 2009
• Update on pathological skin picking. 30 Jul 2009
• Learning and memory: how sea slug behaviors become compulsive. 12 Jul 2009
• The hoarding syndrome: screening and treatment. 29 Jun 2009
• Self-injurious behaviour in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: 1. Prevalence and phenomenology. 29 Jun 2009
• On three strands of meaning associated with the word nigger used during the course of a psychoanalytic treatment. 29 Jun 2009
• Acute changes in obsessions and compulsions following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 22 Jun 2009
• The clinical spectrum of stereotypies in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. 13 Jun 2009
• Cellular and network mechanisms of operant learning-induced compulsive behavior in Aplysia. 2 Jun 2009
• Building the nest: reworking adolescent development in adult recovery from addiction. 30 May 2009
• Pramipexole induced compulsive behaviors abate after initiation of rotigitine. 13 May 2009
• Dopamine, reinforcement learning, and addiction. 9 May 2009
• [Shopping addiction--the new face of Mammon] 29 Apr 2009
• [Pathological gambling, an addiction without drugs] 29 Apr 2009
• Bigorexia: bodybuilding and muscle dysmorphia. 29 Apr 2009
• [Panic attacks simulated by occipital lobe seizures] 29 Apr 2009
• A case of compulsive behaviors observed in a restless legs syndrome patient treated with a dopamine agonist. 29 Apr 2009
• Measuring obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Padua Inventory-Revised vs. Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. 22 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Compulsive Behavior'

Definition: The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ritualistic, yet not pathologically disturbing. Examples of compulsive behavior include twirling of hair, checking something constantly, not wanting pennies in change, straightening tilted pictures, etc.

Descriptor UI: D003192

Alternative terms: Compulsive Behavior; Behavior, Compulsive; Behaviors, Compulsive; Compulsive Behaviors;

Related Mesh Headings: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.527.100;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif