Focus

FROM THE GUEST EDITORS

From the Guest Editors

Publication date: 01 July 2007

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CLINICAL SYNTHESIS

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Publication date: 01 July 2007

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OCD, 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.foc283

REVIEW

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Update for the Clinician

Lorrin M. Koran

Publication date: 01 July 2007

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PATIENT MANAGEMENT

Ask the Expert: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Michele T. Pato, M.D.

Publication date: 01 July 2007

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Patient Management Exercise for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS

Bibliography for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Abstracts for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Is Compulsive Hoarding a Genetically and Neurobiologically Discrete Syndrome? Implications for Diagnostic Classification

Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.

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.foc334

Telephone Administered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Randomised Controlled Non-inferiority Trial

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Pages338–343

OBJECTIVES: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.foc338

The Psychological Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Ph.D.

Publication date: 01 July 2007

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A Review of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Pages354–360

(Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Psychopharmacology 2006; 20(1):97–103)

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.5.3.foc354

Tic or Compulsion? It's Tourettic OCD

Publication date: 01 July 2007

Pages361–367

A 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.foc361

Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Exposure and Ritual Prevention, Clomipramine, and Their Combination in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Publication date: 01 July 2007

Pages368–380

Objective: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.foc368

Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding

Publication date: 01 July 2007

Pages381–388

Compulsive 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