Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Symptoms Predict Poorer Response to Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable OCD

Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Symptoms Predict Poorer Response to Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable OCD

Gamma ventral capsulotomy (GVC) is a radiosurgical procedure which aims to create lesions in the ventral part of the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC). It has been used as a treatment option for patients with intractable obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) who do not respond to several fi...

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Main Authors: Maria Eugênia Copetti, Antonio C. Lopes, Guaraci Requena, Isaac N. S. Johnson, Benjamin D. Greenberg, Georg Noren, Nicole C. R. McLaughlin, Roseli G. Shavitt, Eurípedes C. Miguel, Marcelo C. Batistuzzo, Marcelo Q. Hoexter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
obsessive–compulsive disorder
obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
personality disorders
gamma ventral capsulotomy
functional neurosurgery
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00936/full

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