Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), incorporating exposure and response
prevention (ERP) is widely recognised as the psychological treatment of choice for …

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on our own cognition and mental states. It is a critical
aspect of human subjective experience and operates across many hierarchical levels of …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review highlights recent research regarding gender
differences in OCD, with a focus on prevalence, course of illness, symptom presentation …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is common, emerges early in life and tends to run a
chronic, impairing course. Despite the availability of effective treatments, the duration of …

Although a growing number of studies have examined the frequency of suicidal thoughts
and behaviors in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), there is controversy …

Until the early 1980s, the only estimate of the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD) in the general population was 0.05%. Data collected from the Epidemiology …

Introduction There is controversy on the magnitude of suicide risk in OCD and on the
psychopathological features that raise the risk. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Progress in understanding the underlying neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) has stalled in part because of the considerable problem of heterogeneity within this …

Background Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is often associated with significant
psychiatric comorbidity. Comorbid disorders include mood and anxiety disorders as well as …

Background Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) has a heterogeneous and complex
phenomenological picture, characterized by different symptom dimensions and comorbid …