CBT Successfully Augments SSRI Treatment for OCD

Topics: OCD | Research Updates

Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Topics: OCD

New Chapter in DSM-5: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Topics: OCD

In DSM-5, OCD is included in a new “obsessive-compulsive and related disorders” chapter. In DSM-IV, OCD was in the “anxiety disorders” chapter. The new chapter was added to “reflect the increasing evidence of these disorders’ relatedness to one another and distinction from other anxiety disorders, as well as to help clinicians better iden

Medications to Treat OCD

Topics: OCD

While most patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can derive benefit from psychopharmacologic treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that includes exposure and response prevention is recommended without pharmacotherapy when feasible (American Psychiatric Association (APA). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with obsessive

Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics Effective for Some Indications

Topics: Antipsychotics | Dementia | OCD | PTSD | Substance Abuse

Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD

Topics: Anxiety Disorder | OCD | Psychotherapy

Suggested Reading for OCD Patients, Families, and Therapists The OCD Workbook, 3rd edition. By Bruce Hyman and Cherry Pedrick. New Harbinger Publications (2010). Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family. By Karen J. Landsman, Kathleen M. Rupertus, and Cherry Pedrick. New Harbinger Publications (2005). What to do when your Child has Obs

An Evidence-Based Approach to OCD

Topics: Anxiety Disorder | Child Psychiatry | OCD

In her book, amen, amen, amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among Other Things), Abby Sher describes the onset and course of obsessive compulsive disorder from a child’s perspective. From the time of her father’s death, she finds herself compelled to make the world safe by kissing things, saying things, and collecting things over an

Tic Disorders and Comorbid Conditions

Topics: ADHD | Anxiety Disorder | Child Psychiatry | OCD

How Do Psychotherapy and Medication Change the Brain?

Topics: Depressive Disorder | Diagnostic Testing | Free Articles | OCD | Psychotherapy

We know that for many conditions, both medications and psychotherapy work about equally well. Common sense would dictate that there is some final common pathway of neuropsychiatric change underlying the symptomatic improvements we see. But identifying what is happening in a living human brain is extremely tricky. Recently, a number of articles have revi

D-Amphetamine or Caffeine May be Effective Augmentation of SSRIs for OCD

Topics: OCD

Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and OCD: Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Still the Best?

Topics: Anxiety Disorder | OCD | Psychotherapy

Most treatment guidelines recommend cognitive behavioral therapy as first-line psychotherapy for anxiety disorders. In some cases, such as PTSD and simple phobias, Cognitive Beahvioral Therapy (CBT) is thought to be more effective than medications. CBT has received more support from controlled trials than all other forms of psychotherapy combined. Yet C

N-Acetylcysteine Effective For Trichotillomania

Topics: OCD