ment using the Readiness Ruler [3] . These measures were completed after the 3 introductory sessions and before exposure sessions began. We also examined baseline characteristics that predicted EX/RP outcome in prior OCD studies [14] . These included depressive severity as measured by the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [15] , insight on the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale [16] , qua...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by restrictive and significant weight loss. In the course of AN, changes are observed in appetite regulation, including orexigenic ghrelin potentially anorexigenic obestatin. The study aimed to determine if any serum obestatin levels during treatment AN observed, while investigating correlations between these peptides severity disturbed ...

Objective: Nicotine addiction is a common health problem in psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects rTMS on comorbid nicotine patients receiving recurrent Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD) and obsessive-compulsive (OCD). Method: Data 32 (23 MDD, 9 OCD) were evaluated retrospectively. We compared Hamilton Depressi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare in a clinical sample that subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder on certain task of executive functioning. method: the clinical characteristics and neuropsychological performance of adults with ocd (n=22), fulfilling dsm-iv criteria for ocd and control groups including generalized anxiety disorder (gad) and...