Novel Smartphone Interventions Improve Cognitive Flexibility and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Contamination Fears

Novel Smartphone Interventions Improve Cognitive Flexibility and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Contamination Fears

Abstract One type of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by contamination fears and compulsive cleansing. Few effective treatments are available for this debilitating condition. Compulsive symptoms, such as excessive washing, are believed to be mediated by cognitive inflexibility—ar...

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Main Authors: Baland Jalal, Annette Brühl, Claire O’Callaghan, Thomas Piercy, Rudolf N. Cardinal, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Barbara J. Sahakian
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:
Smartphone Interventions
Contamination Fears
Cognitive Flexibility
Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R)
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
Medicine
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Science
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ed1e2e92813040a0b0f505dee7e3e513
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