Personalized Brain Stimulation May Reduce OCD Behaviors Personalized Brain Stimulation May Reduce OCD Behaviors
Noninvasive neuromodulation that is personalized to the brain ' s reward center may provide lasting improvement in obsessive compulsive behaviors.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - January 19, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
A Promising New Therapy Against OCD?
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain, fine-tuned to specific " circuitry " gone awry, might help ease obsessive-compulsive behaviors, an early study hints.
Researchers found that the brain stimulation,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and problematic alcohol use: the explanatory role of drinking motives - Bakhshaie J, Storch EA, Zvolensky MJ.
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the unique explanatory role of alcohol use motives above the effects of each other, using a multiple mediation model, for the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptomatology and problematic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Biohaven Begins Pivotal Phase 3 Trial Of Troriluzole In Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Recently completed Phase 2 proof of concept study showed drug signal for troriluzole augmentation in OCD and pivotal Phase 3 trial now initiated
Phase 3 trial enhancements include increased sample size to adequately power for previously observed treatme... Biopharmaceuticals Biohaven Pharmaceutical, troriluzole, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - January 4, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Concurrent and prospective associations of obsessive-compulsive symptoms with suicidality in young adults: a genetically-informative study - Krebs G, Mataix-Cols D, Rijsdijk F, Ruck C, Lichtenstein P, Lundstr öm S, Larsson H, Eley TC, Fernández de la Cruz L.
BACKGROUND: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been linked with elevated risk of suicidality. However, most previous studies have been cross-sectional, and little is known about the aetiology of the association between obsessive-compulsive symptoms... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Impacts of stressful life events and traumatic experiences on onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder - Murayama K, Nakao T, Ohno A, Tsuruta S, Tomiyama H, Hasuzawa S, Mizobe T, Kato K, Kanba S.
Not a few patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have experienced events that affected the onset. The onset of OCD is not limited to the original meaning of trauma; rather, traumatic experiences such as unexpected exposure to contaminants or var... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder - Krause KR, Chung S, Adewuya AO, Albano AM, Babins-Wagner R, Birkinshaw L, Brann P, Creswell C, Delaney K, Falissard B, Forrest CB, Hudson JL, Ishikawa SI, Khatwani M, Kieling C, Krause J, Malik K, Mart ínez V, Mughal F, Ollendick TH, Ong SH, Patton GC, Ravens-Sieberer U, Szatmari P, Thomas E, Walters L, Young B, Zhao Y, Wolpert M.
A major barrier to improving care effectiveness for mental health is a lack of consensus on outcomes measurement. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has already developed a consensus-based standard set of outcomes for anxi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
"Was I asking for it?" An experimental investigation of perceived responsibility, mental contamination and workplace sexual harassment - Krause S, Radomsky AS.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mental contamination (i.e., contamination concerns that arise in the absence of direct contact with a contaminant) is a common symptom in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cognitive theories suggest that it results from indivi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders: a longitudinal study of three Dutch case-control cohorts - Pan KY, Kok AAL, Eikelenboom M, Horsfall M, J örg F, Luteijn RA, Rhebergen D, Oppen P, Giltay EJ, Penninx BWJH.
BACKGROUND: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in people with pre-existing mental health disorders is unclear. In three psychiatry case-control cohorts, we compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders: a longitudinal study of three Dutch case-control cohorts, Lancet Psychiatry
Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in people with pre-existing mental health disorders is unclear. In three psychiatry case-control cohorts, we compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety, worry, and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without lifetime depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
OCD Symptoms Worsening Among Children During COVID-19
MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 -- Many children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have experienced a worsening of their symptoms during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in BMC Psychiatry.
Judith B.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 16, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Which factors may differentiate lifetime suicide attempters from ideators in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients? - Memis CO, Dogan B, Sevincok D, Tunagur T, Memis SD, Sevincok L.
In this study, we examined whether lifetime suicide attempt (SA), and suicide ideation (SI) was associated with affective te... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Anger and aggressiveness in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the mediating role of responsibility, non-acceptance of emotions, and social desirability - Cludius B, Mannsfeld AK, Schmidt AF, Jelinek L.
According to psychodynamic and cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anger and aggression play an important role in the development and maintenance of the disorder. (Sub-) clinical samples with OCD have reported higher anger and anger su... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news
Mental fatigue, but not other fatigue characteristics, as a candidate feature of obsessive compulsive personality disorder in patients with anxiety and mood disorders-an exploratory study - Gecaite-Stonciene J, Fineberg NA, Podlipskyte A, Neverauskas J, Juskiene A, Mickuviene N, Burkauskas J.
BACKGROUND: Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is commonly associated with anxiety and mood disorders (AMDs), in which fatigue and executive dysfunction represent key symptoms. Executive dysfunction has also been demonstrated in subjects with... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
