Objective: The Pathological Buying Screener (PBS) is a self-report scale used to evaluate compulsive buying behavior. aim of this study was assess the validity and reliability Turkish version PBS in nonclinical sample. Method: A total 457 adult participants aged 18-64 years were enrolled study. Internal consistency, test-retest structure, concurrent criterion-related predictive analyses conduct...

Aim: The aim of the study is to determine relationship between obsessive compulsive disorder in adults, and social anxiety psychological resilience adults. group this was composed individuals who received or are still receiving treatment hospitals private counseling centers Izmir 2022-2023. Method: sample 400 participants aged 18 over were diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive selected by purposi...

OBJECTIVE Attention is an important factor in information processing; obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are two main emotional disorders with a chronic course. This research examined the relationship among attentional control and intrusive thoughts (worry, rumination and obsession) in these disorders. It was hypothesized that attentional control is a co...

UNLABELLED Although there only have been a limited number of double-blind, placebo controlled trials, antipsychotics are considered to be effective drugs for the treatment of tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS). Evidence concerning the efficacy of olanzapine and other atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of tics in GTS is growing, but still limited. Little is known about the use of...

This work aims is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in pediatric patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who had not previously been treated with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy and who remained medication-free during CBT. Sixteen OCD outpatients, 8-17 years of age, were treated in a 12-week open trial with manualized CBT. Target symptoms...

purpose and background: eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder co-occur on many occasions. impulsivity is one of the prevalent features between the mentioned disorders. the purpose of this study is to compare the feature of impulsivity and its components in eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and the normal individuals. methods and materials: this study carried on patien...

BACKGROUND There may be a link between anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders. The aims of this study were to examine whether adolescents with anorexia nervosa have autism spectrum and/or obsessive-compulsive traits, how many would meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder, and whether these traits are shared by parents. METHODS A total of 150 adolescents receiving outpati...

OBJECTIVE Compulsive buying (uncontrolled urges to buy, with resulting significant adverse consequences) has been estimated to affect from 1.8% to 16% of the adult U.S. population. To the authors' knowledge, no study has used a large general population sample to estimate its prevalence. METHOD The authors conducted a random sample, national household telephone survey in the spring and summer ...

AIM Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) impacts family functioning as family members modify their personal and family routines, participate in rituals, and provide reassurance. These behaviors have been identified as family accommodation (FA), a phenomenon that, if ignored, may facilitate OCD symptoms and lead to poorer prognosis. Because FA has been recognized as a predictor of treatment outco...