Developing image sets for inducing obsessive-compulsive checking symptoms
Brooks H, Kichuk SA, Adams TG, Koller WN, Eken HN, Rance M, Monahan S, Wasylink S, Kelmendi B, Pittenger C, Gruner P, Hampson M. Developing image sets for inducing obsessive-compulsive checking symptoms. Psychiatry Research 2018, 265: 249-255. PMID: 29763844, PMCID: PMC6063514, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderProvocative imagesSymptom provocationDiagnosis of OCDClinical obsessive-compulsive disorderInduction of anxietyContextual cuesIntrusive thoughtsVisual stimuliOC symptomsCompulsive disorderDiagnostic statusAnxietyStimuliHarmful scenariosSimilar objectsGreat provocationsIndividualsSuggestive imagesProvocationQualitative patternCuesSymptomsResearch studiesFuture studies