Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder News

The antidepressant fluvoxamine reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk patients with COVID-19, according to results of the randomized, placebo-controlled TOGETHER trial.

Attachment style should be evaluated among adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to study results published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

A stepped-care cognitive behavioral therapy model was cost-effective for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to an economic evaluation of a randomized noninferiority trial published in JAMA Network Open.

Individuals with eating disorders had nearly nine times greater risk for lifetime OCD and eight times greater risk for current OCD vs. healthy controls, according to results of an epidemiological meta-analysis.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in June.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder independently increased risk for subsequent dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, according to results of a nationwide longitudinal study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Researchers conducted an umbrella review of interventions for mental disorders among youths that provided evidence-based information for clinical decision making.

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, may have elevated risk for ischemic stroke compared with those without OCD, researchers reported.

The shift to video conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on self-perceptions, according to a study presented at AAD VMX 2021.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in March.