ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2021
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms?
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Pooled it
- Echoes of ease: Tracing the course of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the aftermath of a pandemic-Insights from a four-year panel study.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Acute Trauma and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Evidence from October 7th, 2023.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Article
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: unveiling the traits that hold the key-a cross-sectional study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Navigating the fear: assessing nursing students' concerns and preventive practices in response to Monkeypox in Egypt.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Patterns of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Admissions Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Take Home Messages from a Clinical Population.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Physical, psychological, and social experiences of women recovered from COVID-19 in Iran: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Course of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Three Years of Prospective Cohort Studies.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Review
- The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Article
- The perceived long-term impact of COVID-19 on OCD symptomology.Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders · 2023Article
- To Proceed Via Telehealth or Not? Considerations for Pediatric Anxiety and Related Disorders Beyond COVID-19.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2023Article
- The relationship between sleep disturbance and obsessive- compulsive symptoms: the mediation of repetitive negative thinking and the moderation of experiential avoidance.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the Swiss general population.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Investigating the Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptom Subtypes and Health Anxiety as Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Psychological reports · 2022Article
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic Process: A Narrative Review.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2022Article
- First vs second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder: A multicentre report from tertiary clinics in Northern Italy.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Obsessive beliefs prospectively predict adherence to safety behaviours related to COVID-19 through obsessive-compulsive symptoms and COVID-19 distress: A serial multiple mediator analysis.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2022Article
- Enhancing mental health literacy in obsessive-compulsive disorder and reducing stigma via smartphone: A randomized controlled trial protocol.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Hand Washing: When Ritual Behavior Protects! Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Young People during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused substantial public health burden and widespread anxiety. The adverse mental health effects caused by COVID-19 may be particularly acute for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). For the present study, we developed an online survey to investigate how COVID-19 has affected the OCD community. The survey included both quantitative and qualitative questions to assess multiple facets of how the pandemic has affected individuals with OCD symptoms. Responses were collected from adults with self-identified OCD recruited from OCD-specific forums and websites (n = 252). The majority (76.2 %) of respondents reported that their OCD symptoms had worsened since the outbreak, though there was substantial variability in individual responses. Negative effects of COVID-19 were more strongly linked to contamination and responsibility for harm symptoms than for other symptom dimensions. The self-identified OCD group also reported heightened concerns about COVID-19 compared to a community control sample recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Lastly, many participants reported that the pandemic had interfered with their OCD treatment, yet they remained mostly satisfied with how their treatment providers had handled the crisis. These results highlight the importance of considering how COVID-19 has affected the OCD community, with possible implications for treatment providers.
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