Focus
- Volume 5
- Number 3
- July 2007
FROM THE GUEST EDITORS
CLINICAL SYNTHESIS
Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages283–298OCD, a surprisingly common disorder, is often hidden by patients who have insight into the inappropriateness of their obsessional concerns and the excessive rituals they feel compelled to perform to ward off exceedingly low risk danger or more vague ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc283REVIEW
PATIENT MANAGEMENT
INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS
Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages334–337(Reprinted with permission from American Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 164:380–384)
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc334Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages338–343OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy delivered by telephone with the same therapy given face to face in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Design: Randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. Setting: Two ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc338Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages354–360(Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Psychopharmacology 2006; 20(1):97–103)
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc354Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages361–367A subgroup of individuals suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) frequently present to treatment with an atypical yet distinguishable array of symptoms akin to both Tourette's disorder (TD) and OCD. These individuals often receive standard ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc361Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages368–380Objective: The purpose of the study was to test the relative and combined efficacy of clomipramine and exposure and ritual prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc368Publication date: 01 July 2007
Pages381–388Compulsive hoarding and saving symptoms, found in many patients who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are part of a clinical syndrome that has been associated with poor response to antiobsessional medications and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc381