Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental and behavioral disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an obsession) and feels the need to perform certain routines (compulsions) repeatedly to relieve the distress caused by the obsession, to the extent where it impairs general function. [1][2][7] Obsessions are persistent ...
Stanley Rachman. Stanley Jack Rachman (January 19, 1934 – September 2, 2021) was a South African-born psychologist who worked primarily with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. [1] He spent much of his career based in the UK and Canada.
The biology of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) refers to biologically based theories about the mechanism of OCD. Cognitive models generally fall into the category of executive dysfunction or modulatory control. [1] Neuroanatomically, functional and structural neuroimaging studies implicate the prefrontal cortex (PFC), basal ganglia (BG ...
Primarily obsessional obsessive–compulsive disorder, also known as purely obsessional obsessive–compulsive disorder (Pure O), [1] is a lesser-known form or manifestation of OCD. It is not a diagnosis in the DSM-5. [2] For people with primarily obsessional OCD, there are fewer observable compulsions, compared to those commonly seen with the ...
Jonathan Abramowitz. Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz (born June 11, 1969) is an American clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). [1] He is an expert on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders whose work is highly cited. [2]
OCPD is often confused with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite the similar names, they are two distinct disorders. Some OCPD individuals do have OCD, and the two can be found in the same family, [5] sometimes along with eating disorders. [21] The rate of comorbidity of OCPD in patients with OCD is estimated to be around 15–28%. [22]
The cause of obsessive–compulsive disorder is understood mainly through identifying biological risk factors that lead to obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) symptomology. The leading hypotheses propose the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex, basal ganglia, and/or the limbic system, with discoveries being made in the fields of ...
Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses the severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms along four empirically supported theme-based dimensions: (a) contamination, (b) responsibility for harm and mistakes, (c) incompleteness/symmetry ...