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New site for teens with mental illness

Sunday, 2 September 2007 10:05 A GMT+01
Out of the Silence, a new web-based non-profit organization that aims to offer a safe venue in which young people with mental health problems can express their emotions through artwork, prose, poetry, photography, and graphic art,

Intensive cognitive behavioural treatment has slight edge as OCD treatment

Thursday, 5 April 2007 8:06 A GMT+01
While both intensive and weekly cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) eventually provide similar extent of improvement for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), intensive treatment may be "somewhat more expedient,"

Abstract: Compulsive hoarding linked to chromosome variation

Saturday, 3 March 2007 8:04 A GMT+01
Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who have compulsive hoarding behavior are clinically different from other OCD-affected individuals.

Specificities of treatment in pediatric OCD

Friday, 23 February 2007 7:47 A GMT+01
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experienced in childhood or adolescence is often a chronic disorder with high subjective distress and impairment of family and social functioning.

Families often struggle to accept OCD

Friday, 16 February 2007 8:46 A GMT+01
The families of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) often struggle to accept the diagnosis, which can lead to a worsening of symptoms in the person affected, a leading counselling psychologist has warned.Copyright © 2007. Al

Abstract+: Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Friday, 9 February 2007 7:57 A GMT+01
Many randomized controlled trials of the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been undertaken. Several meta-analyses of these trials, and a number of expert consensus guidelines, have been published.

Abstract+: OCD in 'Special Populations'

Friday, 9 February 2007 7:52 A GMT+01
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a formidable public health problem, rated by the World Health Organization as one of the top 20 most disabling diseases.

Abstract+: Neurobiology of OCD: Serotonin and beyond

Wednesday, 7 February 2007 8:11 A GMT+01
The evidence for the involvement of the serotonergic system in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is circumstantial at best, despite being the focus for most pathophysiological research over the last 2 decades.

Abstract: CBT better than drugs for pediatric OCD with Tics

Sunday, 28 January 2007 4:47 A GMT+01
The presence of a comorbid tic disorder may predict a poorer outcome in the acute treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Abstract: Prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal risk factors in OCD

Friday, 26 January 2007 8:07 A GMT+01
The etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains unknown, although it is thought to involve an interaction of genetic and environmental factors. This study aimed to identify prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal risk factors in OCD.

Abstract: Quetiapine addition in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Friday, 26 January 2007 8:06 A GMT+01
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of type and dose of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) on treatment outcome in quetiapine [Seroquel®] addition trials for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Abstract: Obsessive-Compulsive spectrum disorders and Rheumatic Fever

Thursday, 25 January 2007 5:13 A GMT+01
Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs) are more frequent in patients with active or prior rheumatic fever (RF), suggesting that OCSD and RF may share underlying etiologic mechanisms.

Escitalopram (Cipralex®,Lexapro®) gains EU approval for OCD

Saturday, 13 January 2007 8:30 A GMT+01
Escitalopram (Cipralex®, Lexapro®) has been approved in the EU for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) by the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) acting as reference member state for the European Union (EU).

OCD kids get bullied more

Tuesday, 15 August 2006 5:24 A GMT+01
Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder are three times more likely to be bullied than other children, and the name-slinging could cause symptoms of OCD to worsen, University of Florida researchers have found.

OCD gene discovery

Thursday, 27 July 2006 5:58 A GMT+01
Studies of DNA from OCD patients and their relatives lead two teams of researchers to consistent genetic association Obsessive-compulsive disorder tends to run in families, causing members of several generations to experience severe anxiety

Abstract: Increased subcortical hyperintensities in children with OCD, TS and ADHD

Monday, 5 June 2006 4:59 A GMT+01
Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Jun;163(6):1106-1108. Increased Number of Subcortical Hyperintensities on MRI in Children and Adolescents With Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Amat JA, Bronen RA,

Abstract: Successful treatment for OCD with addition of low-dose risperidone to fluvoxamine

Monday, 5 June 2006 4:06 A GMT+01
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Jun;60(3):389-93. Successful treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder with addition of low-dose risperidone to fluvoxamine: Implications for plasma levels of catecholamine metabolites and serum brain-derived neurotro

OCD responds to skilled CBT

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 6:29 A GMT+01
NEW YORK - Cognitive-behavioral therapy, when provided by a skilled therapist, can be just as effective as an SSRI or combined treatment for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Dr. Daniel S. Pine said at a psychopharmacology update sponsored

Compulsive hoarding found common in GAD and Social Phobia

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 6:16 A GMT+01
MIAMI - Compulsive hoarding is manifest in more than just a subset of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. A percentage of patients with general anxiety disorder and social phobia also reported hoarding symptoms in a study presented at the an

Hoarding has no clean solutions

Saturday, 20 May 2006 8:19 A GMT+01
Working with proven scientific methods, cooperation among various agencies and empowering people to help themselves are the only real solutions to the problem of hoarding. Hoarding is loosely defined as the acquisition of and inability to discard wor

Abstract: The impact of mood disorder comorbidity on OCD

Friday, 12 May 2006 10:40 A GMT+01
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 May 12; [Epub ahead of print] The Clinical Impact Of Mood Disorder Comorbidity On Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. Tukel R, Meteris H, Koyuncu A, Tecer A, Yazici O. Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medic

Abstract: Metabolic Imaging of Anterior Capsular Stimulation in Refractory OCD

Saturday, 29 April 2006 4:47 A GMT+01
Metabolic Imaging of Anterior Capsular Stimulation in Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Key Role for the Subgenual Anterior Cingulate and Ventral Striatum Van Laere K, Nuttin B, Gabriels L, Dupont P, Rasmussen S, Greenberg BD, Cosyns P. D

Abstract: Is OCD an anxiety disorder?

Sunday, 23 April 2006 6:18 A GMT+01
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 May; 30(3):338-352Is obsessive-compulsive disorder an anxiety disorder? Bartz JA, Hollander E. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029, USA. Obsessive-c

Abstract: CBT and medication in the treatment of OCD

Thursday, 13 April 2006 7:08 A GMT+01
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006 May;113(5):408-19 Cognitive behaviour therapy and medication in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. O'connor KP, Aardema F, Robillard S, Guay S, Pelissier MC, Todorov C, Borgeat F, Leblanc V, Grenier S, Doucet P

Brain’s response to costly mistakes may give OCD clues

Wednesday, 12 April 2006 5:30 A GMT+01
Rostral anterior cingulate cortexBrain's Response to Costly Mistakes May Give OCD Clues ANN ARBOR, Mich. - It happens to all of us, no matter how hard we try. Whether it's deleting a computer file and realizing a split-second later that we can't ge

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