P.0057 The possible role of methylation/hydroxymethylation of BDNF gene exon I promoter in the characterization of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Pupil with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Over the past twenty years childhood OCD has received more attention than any other anxiety disorder that occurs in the childhood. The increasing interest and research in this area have led to increasing number of diagnoses of OCD in children and adolescents, which affects both specialists and teachers. Depending on the severity of symptoms OCD has a detrimental effect upon child's school performance, which can lead almost to the impossibility to concentrate on school and associated duties. This article is devoted to the obsessive-compulsive disorder and its specifics in children, focusing on the impact of this disorder on behaviour, experience and performance of the child in the school environment. It mentions how important is the role of the teacher in whose class the pupil with this diagnosis is and it points out that it is necessary to increase teachers' competence to identify children with OCD symptoms, to take the disease into the account, to adapt the course of teaching and to introduce such measures that could help children reduce the anxiety and maintain (or increase) the school performance within and in accordance with the school regulations and curriculum.

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Technology Supported Mindfulness for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Role of Obsessive Beliefs

Journal of Anxiety Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102405 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102405

Author(s):

Lance L. Hawley ◽

Neil A. Rector ◽

Margaret A. Richter

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Obsessive Beliefs ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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To achieve a sense of rightness: The joint role of Not Just Right Experiences and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jocrd.2021.100627 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 100627

Author(s):

Belén Pascual-Vera ◽

Amparo Belloch ◽

Marta Ghisi ◽

Claudio Sica ◽

Gioia Bottesi

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Not Just Right Experiences ◽

Just Right

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The Fourth IOCDC

CNS Spectrums ◽

10.1017/s1092852900024950 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 5 (S4) ◽

pp. 4-4

Author(s):

Eric Hollander ◽

Joseph Zohar ◽

Donatella Marazziti

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Brain Stimulation ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Active Role ◽

Cortical Inhibition ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Future Directions ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Ablative Surgery

The Fourth International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Conference (IOCDC) was held February 10–12, 2000, on the beautiful island of St. Thomas. The IOCDC is an annual meeting which brings together the world's leading experts in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders in a small workshop setting to present recent research advances, discuss gaps in our current knowledge, and plan or international approaches that address these knowledge gaps. The IOCDC meetings have been held on islands on both sides of the Atlantic—Capri, Guadeloupe, Madeira, and now St. Thomas.The International Organizing Committee consists of Eric Hollander, MD (USA), Joseph Zohar, MD (Israel), and Donatella Marazziti, MD (Italy). The proceedings are generously supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, and we would like to acknowledge the very important contributions of Chantal Vekens and Mary Blangiardo of Solvay. Also, an mportant part of the success of these meetings stems from the very active role of the chairpersons and cochairpersons of the workshops who lead the discussions, who synthesize the future directions and prepare the manuscripts that result from these discussions that appear in this academic supplement.The meeting led off with a state-of-the-art plenary address by Mark George, MD (USA), describing how new methods of brain stimulation are improving research and therapy in OCD and promise to revolutionize neuropsychiatric research and herapy over the next decade. He describes how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used to test the circuits in OCD and test electrophysiologic evaluations of cortical inhibition n OCD. Newer techniques that are less invasive than ablative surgery and appear promising in OCD therapy include vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation.

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The Role of Self-Talk in Predicting Death Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Coping Strategies in the Face of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.18502/ijps.v15i3.3810 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi ◽

Arezoo Mojarrad ◽

Saeed Pireinaladin ◽

Andrej M M Grjibovski

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Coping Style ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Self Talk ◽

The Face ◽

And Coping

Objective: Nowadays, the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of the most stressful resources that has led to the rise of different levels of psychological crisis. In addition to the countries affected by the COVID-19, such as China, European and American countries, Iran has appeared as one of the most affected countries with high infected cases and deaths. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-talk in predicting death anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and coping strategies in the face of COVID-19. Method: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted on 354 adults living in Ardabil, Iran, who were selected using cluster sampling from 21 January to 19 March 2020. Self-Talk questionnaires, Coping Strategies, Death Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive questionnaires were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. Results: The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between self-talk and problem-centered coping style. Also, significant negative relationships were found between self-talk and emotional coping style, death anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Furthermore, based on the results of the regression test, self-talk predicted problem-centered style, emotional-coping style, death anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the need for psychological crisis intervention during the COVID-19 outbreak. Also, this study provides an important step in shifting attention to self-talk skills from sport psychology fields toward clinical psychology, especially about the mental impacts of COVID-19.

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