Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of intronic variants of the BTBD9 gene with Tourette syndrome.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To test the association between Tourette syndrome (TS) and genetic variants in genomic loci MEIS1, MAP2K5/LBXCOR1, and BTBD9, for which genome-wide association studies in restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements during sleep ... Read more...

Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on clinical and quality of life improvement in patients hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and to compare psychopathology ... Read more...

Acute and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of severely disabling obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a patient with Asperger syndrome.

30 Aug 2009 We report successful treatment with electroconvulsive therapy of a comorbid condition including severe obsessive-compulsive symptoms and hypochondriacal delusions in a 38-year-old man with Asperger syndrome. His condition deteriorated into a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of intronic variants of the BTBD9 gene with Tourette syndrome. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Acute and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of severely disabling obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a patient with Asperger syndrome. 30 Aug 2009
• Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for comorbid pharmacotherapy-refractory obsessive-compulsive and schizoaffective disorder. 10 Aug 2009
• Musical obsession: repeated auditory imagery of a cell phone ring tone. 30 Jul 2009
• Contamination fear and effects of disgust on distress in a public restroom. 30 Jul 2009
• Artificial neural network model for the prediction of obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment response. 30 Jul 2009
• Cognitive bias to symptom and obsessive belief threat cues in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• A maths student with psychiatric symptoms. 6 Jul 2009
• Clozapine-induced obsessive-compulsive syndromes improve in combination with aripiprazole. 29 Jun 2009
• The hoarding syndrome: screening and treatment. 29 Jun 2009
• Long-term durability of cognitive behavioral therapy gains for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• Freud's Rat Man from the perspective of an early-life variant of the Oedipus complex. 29 Jun 2009
• Intrusions related to obsessive-compulsive disorder: a question of content or context? 29 Jun 2009
• Cognitive-behavioral family treatment for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: a 7-year follow-up study. 24 Jun 2009
• Acute changes in obsessions and compulsions following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 22 Jun 2009
• Validation of the University of São Paulo Sensory Phenomena Scale: initial psychometric properties. 30 May 2009
• Questions and answers. If I have obsessions or compulsions, does it mean that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder? 30 May 2009
• Blood glucose level, alcohol heavy drinking, and alcohol craving during treatment for alcohol dependence: results from the Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence (COMBINE) Study. 24 May 2009
• Determinants of quality of life in children with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. 13 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder'

Definition: An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension.

Descriptor UI: D009771

Alternative terms: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive; Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders; Anankastic Personality; Anankastic Personalities; Personalities, Anankastic; Personality, Anankastic; Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive; Neuroses, Obsessive-Compulsive; Neurosis, Obsessive Compulsive; Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses; Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis;

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: F03.080.600;

Online Note: use OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER to search NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1966-80 & OBSESSION 1966-78

History Note: 81; was NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-80; OBSESSION was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-78

Technical Notes: COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER is also available