TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of aberrant beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions
AU - Starcevic, Vladan
AU - Brakoulias, Vlasios
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - What do obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), hypochondriasis (HCH) and anorexia nervosa (AN) have in common? According to authors who argue that these disorders belong to the obsessive-compulsive spectrum, obsessions or obsession-like phenomena and compulsions or compulsion like acts characterise OCD, BDD, HCH and AN. While this is to some extent true, strongly held and mood unrelated, aberrant beliefs that are associated with these disorders may be a more striking, shared characteristic. In fact, such beliefs often make these conditions difficult to treat.
AB - What do obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), hypochondriasis (HCH) and anorexia nervosa (AN) have in common? According to authors who argue that these disorders belong to the obsessive-compulsive spectrum, obsessions or obsession-like phenomena and compulsions or compulsion like acts characterise OCD, BDD, HCH and AN. While this is to some extent true, strongly held and mood unrelated, aberrant beliefs that are associated with these disorders may be a more striking, shared characteristic. In fact, such beliefs often make these conditions difficult to treat.
KW - anorexia nervosa
KW - body dysmorphic disorder
KW - surgery
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:50460
U2 - 10.1177/0004867417726178
DO - 10.1177/0004867417726178
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-8674
VL - 52
SP - 201
EP - 202
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -