Prevalence and correlates of electroconvulsive therapy delivery in 1001 obsessive-compulsive disorder outpatients

2016 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samara dos Santos-Ribeiro ◽  
Natália M. Lins-Martins ◽  
Ilana Frydman ◽  
Maria Conceição do Rosário ◽  
Ygor A. Ferrão ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela M. Ferreira ◽  
Natalie V. Zanini ◽  
Gabriela B. de Menezes ◽  
Lucy Albertella ◽  
Louise Destree ◽  
...  

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, distressing, and disabling condition associated with a high risk of suicidal behavior and death by suicide. In this study, the authors describe two cases of OCD patients who developed recurrent suicidal behaviors in response to stressful life events that appeared to “confirm” their obsessive beliefs (termed “confirmatory events”). In both cases, the authors used accepted strategies for treating suicidality in other contexts (such as antidepressants, lithium, and electroconvulsive therapy), which proved unsuccessful. Future studies should investigate personalized strategies to treat suicidality and prevent suicide in OCD patients.


2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. e21-e22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feridun Bülbül ◽  
Umit Sertan Copoglu ◽  
Gokay Alpak ◽  
Ahmet Unal ◽  
Mehmet Fatih Tastan ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (07) ◽  
pp. 949-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo F. Fontenelle ◽  
Evandro S. F. Coutinho ◽  
Natália M. Lins-Martins ◽  
Paul B. Fitzgerald ◽  
Hironobo Fujiwara ◽  
...  

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