Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Mahjani, K Bey, J Boberg, C Burton - Psychological Medicine, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder with multiple
symptom dimensions (eg contamination, symmetry). OCD clusters in families and decades …

Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder

A Purty, G Nestadt, JF Samuels… - Indian journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been seen to run in families and genetics help to
understand its heritability. In this review, we summarize older studies which focused on …

Stressful life events and the clinical expression of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): An exploratory study

A Kracker Imthon, C Antônio Caldart… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: In obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), symptom content and severity
appear to fluctuate over the course of the life cycle in accordance with stressful life events …

Differences in OCD symptom presentations across age, culture, and gender: A quantitative review of studies using the Y-BOCS symptom checklist

C Hunt - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Presentations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been found to differ between
patients of different ages, cultures, and genders, but inconsistent findings have limited our …

Neuropsychological, electrophysiological and neurological impairments in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, their healthy siblings and healthy controls …

H Ozcan, S Ozer, S Yagcioglu - Psychiatry research, 2016 - Elsevier
The etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has not been clarified. This study
aimed to investigate the cognitive, neurological, electrophysiological functions which are …

Systematic review of co-occurring OCD and TD: Evidence for a tic-related OCD subtype?

L Kloft, T Steinel, N Kathmann - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge of associated
features of co-occurring obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and tic disorders (TD) and to …

Determinants of family functioning in caregivers of persons with obsessive-compulsive disorder

NS Murthy, S Balachander, BP Nirmala… - Journal of Affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is known to cause significant burden to
patients and their caregivers. However, there is limited data on its impact on family …

The familiality of specific symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

V Brakoulias, V Starcevic, A Martin, D Berle… - Psychiatry …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess whether a family history of specific OCD symptoms was
associated with the same OCD symptoms in study participants. Participants were sampled …

Switching to zebrafish neurobehavioral models: The obsessive–compulsive disorder paradigm

D D'Amico, X Estivill, J Terriente - European Journal of Pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is the tenth most disabling illness of any kind. OCD
stands as a paradigm for complex neurobehavioral disorders due to its polygenic origin. It …

[PDF][PDF] The relationships between low grade inflammation, demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with OCD

A Ekinci, O Ekinci - Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi, 2017 - alpha-psychiatry.com
Objective: To our knowledge, no study has specifically examined the relationship between C-
reactive protein CRP levels and clinical features in patients with obsessive compulsive …