Non-schizophrenic psychopathologies in schizophrenia patients such as, obsessive-compulsive symptoms are often neglected. But recent studies provide support for the legitimacy of a putative schizo-obsessive diagnostic entity. Compared to schizophrenia, schizo-obsessive patients have distinct clinical features and and exhibit more deficits in neurocognitive functioning. The aim and objective of ...

BACKGROUND It seems that the core neural regions and cognitive processes implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) pathophysiology may overlap with those involved in humor appreciation. However, to date, there have been no studies that have explored humor appreciation in OCD. The purpose of the present work was to investigate humor appreciation in a group of patients with OCD. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore current and lifetime prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD) in eating disorder (ED) subgroups and subtypes defined by the DSM-IV and to study the chronology of appearance of these disorders taking into account the role played by denutrition. METHOD Current and lifetime prevalence were investigated using the Mini International Neuropsyc...

BACKGROUND Some patients report a preoccupation with a specific aversive human sound that triggers impulsive aggression. This condition is relatively unknown and has hitherto never been described, although the phenomenon has anecdotally been named misophonia. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS 42 patients who reported misophonia were recruited by our hospital website. All patients were interv...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, distressing and substantially impairing neuropsychiatric disorder, characterized by obsessions or compulsions. The current case describes a 44-year-old adult female diagnosed with OCD. The patient had an incomplete response to several SSRIs alone during her past treatment, and led a poor-quality life for at least three years. Current multidimens...

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...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous neuropsychological studies produced inconsistent results with tasks tapping short-term verbal and visual-spatial memory and executive functions in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of deficits in these cognitive domains. A further goal was to describe the distribution of patients in different impairment ran...

BACKGROUND Obsessive compulsive disorder has been reported in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a kind of anxiety disorder characterized by a combination of repetitive thoughts and repetitive behaviors for reducing anxiety. We aimed to investigate the frequency of OCD in patients with MS. MATERIALS AND METHODS 112 patients with multiple sclerosis pa...

BACKGROUND Abnormality of orbitofronto-striatal circuits was postulated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of this study is to test the abnormality hypothesis of orbitofronto-striatal circuits and explore whether there are any other dysfunctional brain regions in OCD using a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and further investigate the relationship between...

The argon isotopic compositions of chondrule-forming minerals the Allende (CV3) meteorite were examined to evaluate possibility in situ 40Ar/39Ar dating planetary surface rocks based on cosmogenic 39Ar without neutron irradiation a reactor. investigated sample (ME-247H: 50 mm × 45 5 mm; 28.85 g) contains at least three textural types chondrules: barred olivine chondrule (BOC), porphyritic (POC)...