Clinical subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder based on the presence of checking and washing compulsions

Clinical subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder based on the presence of checking and washing compulsions.

OBJECTIVE We aimed at examining the utility of checking and washing compulsions as markers of valid subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS One hundred and six patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder were evaluated with a socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, the Clinical Glob...

Frequency of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Subtypes: Gender Role

Understanding the subtypes of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder that are stable and homogeneous can play an important role in understanding the variety of therapeutic responses, improving treatment efficacy and also in advancing the theories of etiology. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes in Iranian individuals with th...

Obsessions and Compulsions in Postpartum Women Without Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

BACKGROUND To describe the prevalence of obsessions and compulsions and the specific symptoms present in postpartum women without obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS In this prospective cohort, women were screened with the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale at 2 weeks postpartum. Demographics and comorbid psychiatric symptoms were compared between women with screen-positive OCD, s...

Anticipated reward in obsessive-compulsive disorder: are compulsions rewarding?

Distinct neural correlates of washing, checking, and hoarding symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

CONTEXT Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is clinically heterogeneous, yet most previous functional neuroimaging studies grouped together patients with mixed symptoms, thus potentially reducing the power and obscuring the findings of such studies. OBJECTIVE To investigate the neural correlates of washing, checking, and hoarding symptom dimensions in OCD. DESIGN Symptom provocation paradig...