The relevance of analogue studies for understanding obsessions and compulsions

JS Abramowitz, LE Fabricant, S Taylor… - Clinical psychology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Analogue samples are often used to study obsessive–compulsive (OC) symptoms and
related phenomena. This approach is based on the hypothesis that results derived from …

Low intensity technology-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis

LM Hoppen, N Kuck, PC Bürkner, E Karin, BM Wootton… - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Background Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for people
suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and technology-based CBT …

Patient-reported outcomes in obsessive-compulsive disorder

M Subramaniam, P Soh, C Ong… - Dialogues in clinical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of the article was to provide an overview of patient-reported outcomes (PROs)
and related measures that have been examined in the context of obsessive-compulsive …

A transcultural study of hoarding disorder: Insights from the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, and Brazil

AE Nordsletten, L Fernandez de la Cruz… - Transcultural …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Though problematic hoarding is believed to be a universal human behavior, investigations
of clinically-defined hoarding disorder (HD) have been confined almost exclusively to …

Examining the role of sex differences in obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

AM Raines, ME Oglesby, NP Allan, BM Mathes… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a notably heterogeneous disorder. As such, there
has been increased interest in subtyping OCD into homogeneous entities using biological …

Factor congruence and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) across non-clinical and clinical …

G Melli, C Chiorri, F Bulli, C Carraresi, E Stopani… - … of Psychopathology and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) is a self-report instrument
that assesses the severity of the four most empirically supported OC symptom dimensions …

The dimensional obsessive-compulsive scale: development and validation of a short form (DOCS-SF)

T Eilertsen, B Hansen, G Kvale, JS Abramowitz… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Accurately and reliably measuring the presence and severity of Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) symptoms is essential for both routine clinical work and research. The …

Examination of a bifactor model of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

BO Olatunji, C Ebesutani, JS Abramowitz - Assessment, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Although obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms are observed along four dimensions
(contamination, responsibility for harm, order/symmetry, and unacceptable thoughts), the …

Screening for Perinatal OCD: A Comparison of the DOCS and the EPDS

N Fairbrother, A Albert, C Keeney, D Tchir… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Screening for perinatal-occurring obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is rare. We sought
to evaluate the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) as a screening tool for …

“Not Just Right Experiences” as a psychological endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence from an Italian family study

C Sica, G Bottesi, C Caudek, A Orsucci, M Ghisi - Psychiatry Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The heart of the obsessional process may be considered the subject's underlying
impression that “something is wrong” or “that something is not just as it should be”. This …