ArticleNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2022
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and the Covid-19 pandemic: A rapid scoping review.
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- Washing obsessive-compulsive symptoms as adaptation-insights from a 3-year longitudinal cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Life-threatening obsessive-compulsive disorder precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic in an adolescent.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Article
- Astrocytes and the Psychiatric Sequelae of COVID-19: What We Learned from the Pandemic.Neurochemical research · 2023Review
- Development of a protocol for videoconferencing-based exposure and response prevention treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Development of the COVID-19-Specific Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms Scale with Various Validity and Reliability Proofs.International journal of cognitive therapy · 2023Article
- Mental health across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a 5-wave longitudinal study in Germany.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Prevalence of post-COVID symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in Saudi Arabia.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2023Article
- A Machine Learning-Based Risk Prediction Model for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been much speculation about untoward effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on psychological symptoms. OCD may be expected to be especially impacted. Our aim was to distil the current evidence base on relationships between the pandemic and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, in patients, and general population samples.
methodsWe conducted a rapid scoping review, in the form of a systematic literature search, coupled with narrative review. 32 relevant papers were identified. RESULTS AND
interpretation(1) A sizable proportion of people with OCD (but not all) experienced/reported symptom worsening during the pandemic, especially during initial restrictions (approximately 20-65 % of cases in longitudinal studies); (2) contamination/washing symptoms appeared particularly susceptible; and (3) OCD symptoms in general population samples were associated with trait compulsivity and pandemic-related-stress. The literature was heterogeneous with various methodological issues being commonplace. FUTURE DIRECTIONS: The review identified important unaddressed issues: how should exposure based therapy be adapted during pandemics? How can we minimise harm from exacerbation of OCD in vulnerable individuals arising from public health messaging? Why do some but not all OCD patients experience worsening? And does Covid-19 infection affect (or lead to) OCD symptoms?
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