Compulsive buying is a common disorder found worldwide. Although recent research has shed light into the prevalence, etiology and clinical correlates of compulsive buying disorder, less is known about gender differences. To address this empirical gap, we assessed potential gender differences in demographic and psychiatric co-morbidities in a sample of 171 compulsive buyers (20 men and 151 women...

objective: the fact that some antidepressants with strong effects on serotonin reuptake blockade fail to relieve obsessive-compulsive symptoms has caused growing interest in investigating noradrenergic function in obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) . in light of the above, we undertook a trial to investigate whether the combination of citalopram with nortriptyline is more effective in treating...

we examined the psychometric properties of the arabic version of the obsessive compulsive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44) in a sample of kuwait university students. this questionnaire was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group in order to assess belief domains believed to be crucial in the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms.the arabic version of the obq-44 wa...

abstract   aim and background: the forgetfulness or memory deficit hypothesis in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (ocd) has been used to explain the maintenance of repetitive behaviors in these patients. yet the majority of studies focusing on memory of patients with ocd show mixed results. the aim of this study was to compare of false memory and memory confidence in women with obses...

objective: recent studies on treating obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) have investigated noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) to improve patients’ impaired emotion and cognition. however, such experiments have yielded mixed results, especially with respect to cognition. this study aimed to investigate whether anodal and cathodal tdcs...

objective: compulsive or binge eating is a kind of disturbed eating behavior, which is mostly observed among dieting women, and is integrated with appetite disorder, and uncontrolled eating of plenty of junk food. the compulsive eating scale (ces) created first by kagan & squires in 1984, is an eight-item self-reporting instrument that is made to measure the severity of binge eating disorder. t...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to examine the efficacy of metacognitive therapy in treatment of patients with pure obsession. METHOD Six patients suffering from pure obsession were selected using purposeful sampling method and were included after meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. Patients were assessed using the structured clinical interview for DSM- IV Axis I disorder - patient...

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic and disabling condition that often proves to be treatment resistant. Of the patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, 10%-27% may attempt suicide at least once in their life. We report the case of a patient who presented severe obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and attempted suicide ingesting 25 tablets of fluoxetine (20 mg). The pati...