Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is unquestionably impacting on the mental health of the population worldwide. Fear of contamination can both increase levels of stress in healthy individuals and intensify psychiatric symptoms in patients with pre-existing conditions, especially obsessive-compulsive di...

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Main Authors: Felipe Ornell, Daniela Tusi Braga, Daniela Vicente Bavaresco, Ingrid Davila Francke, Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer, Lisia von Diemen, Felix Henrique Paim Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2021-01-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892021000200081&tlng=en