NEUROANATOMICALLY BASED APPROACHES TO OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: Neurosurgery and TranscranialMagnetic Stimulation
BD Greenberg, DL Murphy, SA Rasmussen - Psychiatric Clinics of North …, 2000 - Elsevier
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe condition characterized by distressing,
irrational, time-consuming, obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges. Patients with OCD
experience a chronic or episodic course that may impair substantially social and
occupational functioning. 19, 66 Unfortunately, current medication and behavior therapies,
although effective in most patients, fail to provide adequate benefit in many patients most
severely affected. Some patients are disabled by OCD or experience a chronically …
irrational, time-consuming, obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges. Patients with OCD
experience a chronic or episodic course that may impair substantially social and
occupational functioning. 19, 66 Unfortunately, current medication and behavior therapies,
although effective in most patients, fail to provide adequate benefit in many patients most
severely affected. Some patients are disabled by OCD or experience a chronically …