Cognitive impairment, depressive and anxiety disorders among post-COVID-19 survivors: a follow-up study by Ayman A. Aziz, Ahmed A. Latif, Sandra W. Elseesy

“…Survivors disclosed symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder, melancholy, anxiety, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. …”
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UK medical students’ mental health and their intention to drop out: a longitudinal study by Asta Medisauskaite, Antonia Rich, Milou Silkens, Neha Lagisetty

“…This study seeks to explore the relationships between various mental health issues and dropout.Design This is a longitudinal study where medical students completed an online questionnaire between November 2020 and February 2021 and those who took part were invited (February–May 2021) to complete the questionnaire again 3 months later.Settings Students from nine geographically spread medical schools in the UK took part in this study.Participants 792 (71.16%) participants filled in the baseline questionnaire and 407 (51.39%) of these students completed the follow-up survey (385 participants were lost to follow-up).Outcome measures Dropout intentions.Exposures Various mental ill-health symptoms using validated scales: emotional exhaustion, insomnia, somatisation, hazardous drinking, anxiety/depression, anorexia tendencies, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), paranoia and bipolar.Results A large number of students met the criteria for mental health disorders (eg, 54.1% insomnia, 37.9% anxiety/depression, 19.4% paranoia) and 19.4% (79) said that they considered dropping out from medical school. …”
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Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Given Contextual information needs of people in life transitions struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder Dawei Wu, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Yan Zhang, Shijie Song Engaging with AI painting: exploring motivations and challenges in laypeople's creative information practices Xiaoyu Zhang, Sicheng Zhu, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Mingxia Jia, Qinghua Zhu Examining information needs of public data service users: a study based on the ‘Message Board for Leaders of People’s Daily in China’ Xiaoyue Zhang, Jinya Liu, Xinyue Wang, Wanteng Ma, Pu Yan…”
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Neurotrophin-3 as a mediator in the link between PM2.5 exposure and psychiatric disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yuan Zhang, Wei Wang, Xuening Zhang, Ran Jing, Xin Wen, Peng Xiao, Xinjie Liu, Zengle Zhao, Tongmin Chang, Yufei Li, Wen Liu, Chenxi Sun, Xiaorong Yang, Lejin Yang, Ming Lu

“…Additionally, PM2.5 was not significantly associated with autism spectrum disorders (OR: 1.24, 95 % CI: 0.83–1.65), post-traumatic stress disorder (OR: 1.51, 95 % CI: 1.11–1.91), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OR: 0.81, 95 % CI: −0.07–1.69), or anorexia nervosa (OR: 1.42, 95 % CI: 0.86–1.98). …”
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Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms in Neurologic Disease: A Review by M. S. George, J. A. Melvin, C. H. Kellner

“…Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an increasingly recognized disorder with a prevalence of 2–3% (Robins et al., 1984). …”
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Acuphagia on the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum in an Adolescent Male by William Butler, Luis Allen

“…Its classification has been speculated to belong on a spectrum of obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). This case involves Mr. C, a 16-year-old male with a history of depression, anxiety, and ten previous intentional foreign body ingestions involving sharp objects such as needles, forks, and thumbtacks. …”
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Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Group G Streptococcus Infection by Rie Okumura, Sawako Yamazaki, Tsukasa Ohashi, Shinichi Magara, Jun Tohyama, Hiroshi Sakuma, Masaharu Hayashi, Akihiko Saitoh

“…Immune-mediated central nervous system manifestations of group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) infection include Sydenham’s chorea, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS)—which includes tic and obsessive compulsive disorders—and a variety of neurobehavioral disorders. …”
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Surgical treatment methods in the course of psychiatric disorders: Deep brain stimulation—Novel insights and indications by Ugo Giordano, Jakub Mizera, Elżbieta Żak, Justyna Pilch, Paulina Tomecka, Tomasz Dudzik, Mikołaj Palczewski, Weronika Biziorek, Patryk Piotrowski

“…In particular, we sought to subject to scrutiny the application of DBS specifically in anorexia nervosa (AN), various addiction types, depression, and obsessive–compulsive disorders (OCDs). The method is supposed to offer promising results, especially in pharmacologically resistant forms of the upper-mentioned psychiatric disorders. …”
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