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OCD scientific library

Explore 245 verified OCD publications, university labs, hospital programs, clinical trials, and public research resources.

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245 sources found

  1. TreatmentResearch article1989

    The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. I. Development, use, and reliability.

    Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, Mazure C, Fleischmann RL, Hill CL, Heninger GR, Charney DS.

    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 006508 · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1989 publication by Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, Mazure C, Fleischmann RL, Hill CL, Heninger GR, Charney DS in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  2. AssessmentResearch article1989

    The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. II. Validity.

    Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, Mazure C, Delgado P, Heninger GR, Charney DS.

    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06508 · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1989 publication by Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, Mazure C, Delgado P, Heninger GR, Charney DS in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  3. AssessmentResearch article2002

    The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory: development and validation of a short version.

    Foa EB, Huppert JD, Leiberg S, Langner R, Kichic R, Hajcak G, Salkovskis PM.

    Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 600N, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. foa@mail.med.upenn.edu · Psychological assessment

    A peer-reviewed 2002 publication by Foa EB, Huppert JD, Leiberg S, Langner R, Kichic R, Hajcak G, Salkovskis PM in Psychological assessment, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  4. TreatmentResearch article2010

    The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ruscio AM, Stein DJ, Chiu WT, Kessler RC.

    Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA · Molecular psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2010 publication by Ruscio AM, Stein DJ, Chiu WT, Kessler RC in Molecular psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  5. Children and youthResearch article1997

    Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: reliability and validity.

    Scahill L, Riddle MA, McSwiggin-Hardin M, Ort SI, King RA, Goodman WK, Cicchetti D, Leckman JF.

    Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1997 publication by Scahill L, Riddle MA, McSwiggin-Hardin M, Ort SI, King RA, Goodman WK, Cicchetti D, Leckman JF in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  6. Brain and biologyMeta-analysis2008

    Integrating evidence from neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder: the orbitofronto-striatal model revisited.

    Menzies L, Chamberlain SR, Laird AR, Thelen SM, Sahakian BJ, Bullmore ET.

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. lacm2@cam.ac.uk · Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    A peer-reviewed 2008 publication by Menzies L, Chamberlain SR, Laird AR, Thelen SM, Sahakian BJ, Bullmore ET in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  7. TreatmentResearch article2006

    Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Hu XZ, Lipsky RH, Zhu G, Akhtar LA, Taubman J, Greenberg BD, Xu K, Arnold PD, Richter MA, Kennedy JL, Murphy DL, Goldman D.

    Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD · American journal of human genetics

    A peer-reviewed 2006 publication by Hu XZ, Lipsky RH, Zhu G, Akhtar LA, Taubman J, Greenberg BD, Xu K, Arnold PD, Richter MA, Kennedy JL, Murphy DL, Goldman D in American journal of human genetics, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  8. TreatmentMeta-analysis2009

    Voxel-wise meta-analysis of grey matter changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Radua J, Mataix-Cols D.

    Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, PO 69, King's College London, London SE5 8AF. Joaquim.Radua@iop.kcl.ac.uk · The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    A peer-reviewed 2009 publication by Radua J, Mataix-Cols D in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  9. AssessmentResearch article1988

    The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in five US communities.

    Karno M, Golding JM, Sorenson SB, Burnam MA.

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1988 publication by Karno M, Golding JM, Sorenson SB, Burnam MA in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  10. Brain and biologyReview2012

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder: beyond segregated cortico-striatal pathways.

    Milad MR, Rauch SL.

    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. milad@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu · Trends in cognitive sciences

    A peer-reviewed 2012 publication by Milad MR, Rauch SL in Trends in cognitive sciences, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  11. TreatmentClinical trial2008

    Subthalamic nucleus stimulation in severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Mallet L, Polosan M, Jaafari N, Baup N, Welter ML, Fontaine D, du Montcel ST, Yelnik J, Chéreau I, Arbus C, Raoul S, Aouizerate B, Damier P, Chabardès S, Czernecki V, Ardouin C, Krebs MO, Bardinet E, Chaynes P, Burbaud P, Cornu P, Derost P, Bougerol T, Bataille B, Mattei V, Dormont D, Devaux B, Vérin M, Houeto JL, Pollak P, Benabid AL, Agid Y, Krack P, Millet B, Pelissolo A, STOC Study Group.

    The authors' affiliations are listed in the Appendix · The New England journal of medicine

    A peer-reviewed 2008 publication by Mallet L, Polosan M, Jaafari N, Baup N, Welter ML, Fontaine D, du Montcel ST, Yelnik J, Chéreau I, Arbus C, Raoul S, Aouizerate B, Damier P, Chabardès S, Czernecki V, Ardouin C, Krebs MO, Bardinet E, Chaynes P, Burbaud P, Cornu P, Derost P, Bougerol T, Bataille B, Mattei V, Dormont D, Devaux B, Vérin M, Houeto JL, Pollak P, Benabid AL, Agid Y, Krack P, Millet B, Pelissolo A, STOC Study Group in The New England journal of medicine, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  12. TreatmentResearch article1992

    Caudate glucose metabolic rate changes with both drug and behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Baxter LR, Schwartz JM, Bergman KS, Szuba MP, Guze BH, Mazziotta JC, Alazraki A, Selin CE, Ferng HK, Munford P.

    Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1992 publication by Baxter LR, Schwartz JM, Bergman KS, Szuba MP, Guze BH, Mazziotta JC, Alazraki A, Selin CE, Ferng HK, Munford P in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  13. Brain and biologyResearch article2004

    Distinct neural correlates of washing, checking, and hoarding symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Mataix-Cols D, Wooderson S, Lawrence N, Brammer MJ, Speckens A, Phillips ML.

    Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England. d.mataix@iop.kcl.ac.uk · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2004 publication by Mataix-Cols D, Wooderson S, Lawrence N, Brammer MJ, Speckens A, Phillips ML in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  14. TreatmentReview2005

    A multidimensional model of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Mataix-Cols D, Rosario-Campos MC, Leckman JF.

    Institute of Psychiatry, London · The American journal of psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2005 publication by Mataix-Cols D, Rosario-Campos MC, Leckman JF in The American journal of psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  15. TreatmentReview2000

    Functional neuroimaging and the neuroanatomy of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Saxena S, Rauch SL.

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA. ssaxena@mednet.ucla.edu · The Psychiatric clinics of North America

    A peer-reviewed 2000 publication by Saxena S, Rauch SL in The Psychiatric clinics of North America, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  16. Brain and biologyReview2014

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder: an integrative genetic and neurobiological perspective.

    Pauls DL, Abramovitch A, Rauch SL, Geller DA.

    1] Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA. [2] Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA · Nature reviews. Neuroscience

    A peer-reviewed 2014 publication by Pauls DL, Abramovitch A, Rauch SL, Geller DA in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  17. TreatmentReview2005

    The neuropsychology of obsessive compulsive disorder: the importance of failures in cognitive and behavioural inhibition as candidate endophenotypic markers.

    Chamberlain SR, Blackwell AD, Fineberg NA, Robbins TW, Sahakian BJ.

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, P.O. Box 189, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. src33@cam.ac.uk · Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    A peer-reviewed 2005 publication by Chamberlain SR, Blackwell AD, Fineberg NA, Robbins TW, Sahakian BJ in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  18. TreatmentReview2019

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Stein DJ, Costa DLC, Lochner C, Miguel EC, Reddy YCJ, Shavitt RG, van den Heuvel OA, Simpson HB.

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town and SA MRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa. dan.stein@uct.ac.za · Nature reviews. Disease primers

    A peer-reviewed 2019 publication by Stein DJ, Costa DLC, Lochner C, Miguel EC, Reddy YCJ, Shavitt RG, van den Heuvel OA, Simpson HB in Nature reviews. Disease primers, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  19. Children and youthClinical trial2004

    Cognitive-behavior therapy, sertraline, and their combination for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: the Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS) randomized controlled trial.

    Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS) Team.

    JAMA · JAMA

    A peer-reviewed 2004 publication by Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (POTS) Team in JAMA, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  20. Brain and biologyResearch article1995

    A family study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Pauls DL, Alsobrook JP, Goodman W, Rasmussen S, Leckman JF.

    Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510 · The American journal of psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1995 publication by Pauls DL, Alsobrook JP, Goodman W, Rasmussen S, Leckman JF in The American journal of psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  21. Brain and biologyResearch article1994

    Regional cerebral blood flow measured during symptom provocation in obsessive-compulsive disorder using oxygen 15-labeled carbon dioxide and positron emission tomography.

    Rauch SL, Jenike MA, Alpert NM, Baer L, Breiter HC, Savage CR, Fischman AJ.

    Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston · Archives of general psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 1994 publication by Rauch SL, Jenike MA, Alpert NM, Baer L, Breiter HC, Savage CR, Fischman AJ in Archives of general psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  22. Children and youthReview2014

    Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

    Katzman MA, Bleau P, Blier P, Chokka P, Kjernisted K, Van Ameringen M, Canadian Anxiety Guidelines Initiative Group on behalf of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des troubles anxieux and McGill University, Antony MM, Bouchard S, Brunet A, Flament M, Grigoriadis S, Mendlowitz S, O'Connor K, Rabheru K, Richter PM, Robichaud M, Walker JR.

    BMC psychiatry · BMC psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2014 publication by Katzman MA, Bleau P, Blier P, Chokka P, Kjernisted K, Van Ameringen M, Canadian Anxiety Guidelines Initiative Group on behalf of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des troubles anxieux and McGill University, Antony MM, Bouchard S, Brunet A, Flament M, Grigoriadis S, Mendlowitz S, O'Connor K, Rabheru K, Richter PM, Robichaud M, Walker JR in BMC psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  23. Brain and biologyMeta-analysis2018

    Revealing the complex genetic architecture of obsessive-compulsive disorder using meta-analysis.

    International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC) and OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies (OCGAS).

    Molecular psychiatry · Molecular psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2018 publication by International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC) and OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies (OCGAS) in Molecular psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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  24. TreatmentClinical trial2010

    Deep brain stimulation of the ventral internal capsule/ventral striatum for obsessive-compulsive disorder: worldwide experience.

    Greenberg BD, Gabriels LA, Malone DA, Rezai AR, Friehs GM, Okun MS, Shapira NA, Foote KD, Cosyns PR, Kubu CS, Malloy PF, Salloway SP, Giftakis JE, Rise MT, Machado AG, Baker KB, Stypulkowski PH, Goodman WK, Rasmussen SA, Nuttin BJ.

    Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Division of Neurosurgery, Butler Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA. bgreenberg@butler.org · Molecular psychiatry

    A peer-reviewed 2010 publication by Greenberg BD, Gabriels LA, Malone DA, Rezai AR, Friehs GM, Okun MS, Shapira NA, Foote KD, Cosyns PR, Kubu CS, Malloy PF, Salloway SP, Giftakis JE, Rise MT, Machado AG, Baker KB, Stypulkowski PH, Goodman WK, Rasmussen SA, Nuttin BJ in Molecular psychiatry, indexed and verified through PubMed.

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