Outlining new frontiers for the comprehension of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review of its relationship with fear and anxiety
Diniz J, Miguel E, de Oliveira A, Reimer A, Brandão M, de Mathis M, Batistuzzo M, Costa D, Hoexter M. Outlining new frontiers for the comprehension of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review of its relationship with fear and anxiety. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2012, 34: 81-91. PMID: 22729451, DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462012000500007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderAnxiety disordersExpression of fearTypes of obsessionsAnimal anxiety modelsFear conditioningCortico-striatal pathwaysFunctional neuroimagingNeurobiological studiesAnxiety modelsOCD patientsOCD onsetExtinction processAnxietyRelevant dimensionsMost interventionsFearDisordersDegree of overlapTreatment responsePsychopathologyComprehensionNeurocircuitryFunctioningFuture studies