Psychiatry: OCD and Related Disorders

Psychiatry · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Fenomenología, neurobiología de los circuitos córtico-estriado-tálamo-corticales, diagnóstico diferencial, trastornos del espectro (dismórfico corporal, acumulación, tricotilomanía, excoriación) y abordaje terapéutico de nivel experto, con correlaciones clínicas exhaustivas.

What it covers

1. Introduction and Nosology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2. · DSM-5-TR Category: OCD-Related Disorders
3. Epidemiology, Clinical Course and Disease Burden
4. · Basic epidemiological data
5. · Clinical course
6. Phenomenology: Obsessions and Compulsions
7. · Phenomenological definition of obsession
8. · Phenomenological definition of compulsion
9. · Main thematic categories of obsessions and compulsions
10. DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Criteria
11. Symptom Dimensions and Clinical Heterogeneity
12. Insight and DSM-5-TR Specifiers
13. · Insight Specifier
14. · Tic related specifier
15. Neurobiology: Cortico-Striato-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits (CETC)
16. · Key circuit structures
17. Neurochemistry, Genetics and Etiological Factors
18. · Serotonergic hypothesis
19. · Glutamatergic system
20. · Genetics
21. · Neuroendocrine and immunological factors
22. PANDAS and PANS — Abrupt Onset OCD in Childhood
23. · PANS diagnostic criteria
24. Differential Diagnosis
25. Psychiatric Comorbidity
26. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
27. Hoarding Disorder
28. Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder
29. Psychotherapy: Exposure Response Prevention (ETPR) and CBT
30. · Theoretical foundation of TEPR
31. · Practical components of TEPR
32. · Specific cognitive therapy for OCD
33. Pharmacology: SSRIs and Potentiation Strategies
34. · Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
35. · Clomipramine
36. · Potentiation strategies in partial response
37. Refractory OCD and Neuromodulation
38. Assessment Scales — Y-BOCS and Other Instruments
39. · Y-BOCS structure
40. · Other relevant instruments