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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| author | Felipe Ornell Daniela Tusi Braga Daniela Vicente Bavaresco Ingrid Davila Francke Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer Lisia von Diemen Felix Henrique Paim Kessler |
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| description | 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 disorder (OCD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the imminent risk of contamination creates a logical need for self-surveillance and hygiene habits. However, this kind of information can have drastic implications for subjects with OCD, since cognitive distortions and compensatory strategies (cleansing rituals) are no longer irrational or oversized – rather, these ideas become legitimate and socially accepted, generating plausible validation for the intensification of compulsive cleaning rituals. Patients who presented remission of OCD symptoms would be more likely to have a relapse, and subclinical patients may scale up and ultimately be diagnosed with OCD due to the reinforcement of their habits, emotions and thoughts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4747f44d99a4393a7bfa3a14d0195132022-12-22T04:12:38ZengAssociação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do SulTrends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy2238-00192021-01-01432818410.47626/2237-6089-2020-0054Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemicFelipe Ornellhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-4283Daniela Tusi Bragahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-7215Daniela Vicente Bavarescohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5533-8848Ingrid Davila Franckehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0788-6812Juliana Nichterwitz Schererhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9235-0416Lisia von Diemenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-7114Felix Henrique Paim Kesslerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7059-2564Abstract 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 disorder (OCD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the imminent risk of contamination creates a logical need for self-surveillance and hygiene habits. However, this kind of information can have drastic implications for subjects with OCD, since cognitive distortions and compensatory strategies (cleansing rituals) are no longer irrational or oversized – rather, these ideas become legitimate and socially accepted, generating plausible validation for the intensification of compulsive cleaning rituals. Patients who presented remission of OCD symptoms would be more likely to have a relapse, and subclinical patients may scale up and ultimately be diagnosed with OCD due to the reinforcement of their habits, emotions and thoughts.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892021000200081&tlng=enCOVID-19pandemicmental healthobsessive compulsive disorder |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Ornell Daniela Tusi Braga Daniela Vicente Bavaresco Ingrid Davila Francke Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer Lisia von Diemen Felix Henrique Paim Kessler Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy COVID-19 pandemic mental health obsessive compulsive disorder |
| title | Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | obsessive compulsive disorder reinforcement during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic mental health obsessive compulsive disorder |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892021000200081&tlng=en |
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