Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Premature mortality across most psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric brain disorders are associated with multiple medical diseases that lead to a shorter lifespan.
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Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates OCD symptoms
COPENHAGEN – This noninvasive therapy can stimulate brain targets 3-5 cm below the skull, unlike standard TMS.
From the Journals
Motivational interviewing may beat relaxation for OCD symptoms
“These findings suggest that MI prior to ERP may confer a small but meaningful benefit for enhancing treatment outcome post ERP,” wrote Dr. Randi...
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Teasing OCD, OCPD apart, and coping with challenges
SAN FRANCISCO – Psychiatrists often mistake the two, and they sometimes share the same traits.
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Refractory OCD? Consider opioids, amphetamines, caffeine
SAN FRANCISCO – “These are not things that will be taught to you in your residency.”
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Ketamine may help OCD, but much work remains
SAN FRANCISCO – Off-label use is common with ketamine, but there is little supporting evidence.
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Ketamine may rely on opioid receptors for antidepressive effect
SAN FRANCISCO – In treatment-resistant individuals, preexposure to an opioid receptor antagonist greatly reduced ketamine’s effect.
Pearls
Does your patient have postpartum OCD?
This article includes effective methods to help identify OCD in postpartum women, and suggests how to implement an individualized treatment...
From the Journals
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder may involve brain abnormalities
The study results follow similar findings showing that patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder have smaller hippocampus and...
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Scales assessing pediatric OCD possess little symptom overlap
Be careful in selecting scales to assess OCD symptomatology, being mindful of the specific characteristics of each one.
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Patients with OCD/hoarding differ from those with OCD/nonhoarding
“Clinical implications of our findings are to have the treatment follow a more intensive and structured course (i.e. avoid surprises).”