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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Etiology for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Personality disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
The efficacy of the SSRIs for OCD, together with the lack of efficacy of adrenergic antidepressants, has suggested that serotonin is involved in the pathophysiology of OCD. This relationship was validated by research on serotonergic markers in OCD and by the challenge paradigm. It is still unclear which type of serotonergic receptor is involved in the pathogenesis and mechanism of action of antiobsessional drugs. Further studies of the serotonergic system in OCD may clarify the role of serotonin in the athophysiology and management of OCD.
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1. Recurrent Panic Attacks
Recurrent Panic Attacks
Whereas at least two unexpected panic attacks are required for the diagnosis, most individuals have considerably more. Although at least one uncued (unexpected) [...]
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2. Judgmental Bias for Specific Phobia
Judgmental Bias for Specific Phobia
There are two types of judgmental bias that probably play a role in the maintenance of specific phobia. The [...]
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3. Clinical Studies
Clinical Studies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
In general, the published clinical studies to support distinguishing between GAD and PD reveal that patients with GAD show often less autonomic and [...]
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4. Pindolol
Pindolol
Pindolol augmentation (2.5 mg of pindolol, three times daily) with SSRIs is the second augmenting agent which has been found in double-blind studies to be effective and thus [...]
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