Background Anxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders,
with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are …

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with affective and
cognitive symptoms causing personal distress and reduced global functioning. These have …

PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER Page 1 Not for Distribution or Citation Draft 2, December 6, 2005 PRACTICE …

In this report, which is an update of a guideline published in 2002 (Bandelow et al. 2002,
World J Biol Psychiatry 3: 171), recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of …

Anxiety disorders, as a group, are among the most common mental health conditions and
frequently cause significant functional impairment. Both psychotherapeutic and …

While controlled trials with SRIs have demonstrated a selective efficacy in obsessive-
compulsive disorder (OCD), up to 40–60% of patients do not have a satisfactory outcome …

Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) medications are well established as first-line
pharmacotherapeutic treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However …

Compulsions are repetitive, stereotyped thoughts and behaviors designed to reduce harm.
Growing evidence suggests that the neurocognitive mechanisms mediating behavioral …

Objectives To examine the risk of relapse and time to relapse after discontinuation of
antidepressants in patients with anxiety disorder who responded to antidepressants, and to …

In addition to the open-mindedness of the authors, the surprising content of these
hypotheses illustrates how dramatically the attitude towards OCS has shifted in a few …