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| Jonathan S AbramowitzSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Scrupulosity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: confirmatory factor analysis and validity of the Penn Inventory of ScrupulosityBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 301 Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:771-87. 2007..These findings are interpreted in the context of future research elucidating the relationship between scrupulosity and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions...- Health anxiety, hypochondriasis, and the anxiety disordersJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Behav Ther 38:86-94. 2007..Findings are discussed in terms of cognitive-behavioral models of anxiety disorders... - Self-help cognitive-behavioral therapy with minimal therapist contact for social phobia: a controlled trialJonathan S Abramowitz
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 40:98-105. 2009..Study limitations and future directions are discussed... - Obsessive-compulsive symptoms: the contribution of obsessional beliefs and experiential avoidanceJonathan S Abramowitz
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
J Anxiety Disord 23:160-6. 2009..It appears the construct of EA is too general to explain OC symptoms over and above cognitive-behavioral constructs such as core obsessive beliefs, which are more specific... - The status of hoarding as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Behav Res Ther 46:1026-33. 2008..Results are also discussed in terms of the importance of functional assessment of hoarding and OCD symptoms... - The cognitive mediation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a longitudinal studyJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
J Anxiety Disord 21:91-104. 2007..Results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and treatment implications... - An experimental analysis of hypochondriasisJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davie Hall CB 3270 Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:413-24. 2007..Findings are discussed in terms of the conceptualization and treatment of HC behavior, and are relevant to HC's possible relationship to panic and obsessive-compulsive disorder... - Obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Lancet 374:491-9. 2009..New developments in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder involve medications that work in conjuction with cognitive-behavioural therapy, the most promising of which is D-cycloserine... - Obsessive-compulsive disorder with comorbid major depression: what is the role of cognitive factors?Jonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3270 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:2257-67. 2007.... - Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive ScaleJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Psychol Assess 22:180-98. 2010..Scores on the DOCS displayed good performance on indices of reliability and validity, as well as sensitivity to treatment and diagnostic sensitivity, and hold promise as a measure of OC symptoms in clinical and research settings... - Obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors in a sample of women with postpartum mood symptomsJonathan S Abramowitz
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Arch Womens Ment Health 13:523-30. 2010..Clinicians should assess for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms as routinely as they assess for depressive symptoms in the perinatal period... - The role of cognitive factors in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a prospective studyJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1361-74. 2006..These data provide evidence for specific dysfunctional beliefs as risk factors in the development of some types of OCD symptoms... - A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxietyStephen P Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, West 11, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
Psychiatry Res 146:137-47. 2006..Reanalysis of the significant group differences controlling for state anxiety symptoms erased three of the four group differences. These results are discussed in context of the methodological difficulties facing this area of research... - The cognitive mediation of thought-control strategiesElizabeth L Moore
Mayo Clinic, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:1949-55. 2007..Results are discussed in terms of cognitive models of OC symptoms and their implications for cognitive-behavioral therapy... - Scrupulosity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: relationship to clinical and cognitive phenomenaElizabeth A Nelson
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:1071-86. 2006..These results are examined in terms of cognitive behavioral conceptualizations of OCD and the treatment implications of these findings are discussed... - The Disgust Scale: item analysis, factor structure, and suggestions for refinementBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Psychol Assess 19:281-97. 2007..These findings are discussed in the context of the refinement of the DS to promote a more psychometrically sound assessment of disgust sensitivity... - The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: factor analysis, construct validity, and suggestions for refinementBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 19:573-85. 2005..In contrast to the Resistance/Control Subscale, the Severity Subscale demonstrated good psychometric properties and construct validity. Based on our findings we recommend revisions to scoring the Y-BOCS... - Categorical or dimensional: a reanalysis of the anxiety sensitivity constructJoshua J Broman-Fulks
Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Behav Ther 41:154-71. 2010..The implications of these results for anxiety sensitivity research are discussed, and several potential directions for future research are considered... - Predicting anxiety: the role of experiential avoidance and anxiety sensitivityNoah C Berman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Anxiety Disord 24:109-13. 2010..Theoretical and treatment implications of the results are discussed... - The Anxiety Sensitivity Index - Revised: psychometric properties and factor structure in two nonclinical samplesBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN, USA
Behav Res Ther 41:1427-49. 2003..Results across both samples in the present study were highly similar. The strengths and limitations of the ASI-R are discussed, and the implications of our findings for the nature and measurement of AS are considered... - The effects of familiarity on thought--action fusionNoah C Berman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Behav Res Ther 49:695-9. 2011..Results are discussed in terms of the cognitive model of obsessions and clinical implications are addressed... - Symptom presentation and outcome of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:1049-57. 2003..In the 2nd study, they compared response to cognitive-behavioral therapy across symptom categories, finding poorer outcomes among patients with hoarding symptoms compared with those with other symptom themes... - Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients who have comorbid major depressionJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:1133-41. 2004..The article closes with a discussion of implications and directions gleaned from this single case study... - Association between Protestant religiosity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms and cognitionsJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:70-6. 2004..Results are discussed in terms of the relationship between religion and OCD symptoms in the context of the cognitive-behavioral conceptualization of OCD... - Parents' perceptions of pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral treatments for childhood anxiety disordersAmy M Brown
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:819-28. 2007..Our results suggest that parents of anxious children prefer CBT to medication for the treatment of their child's anxiety disorder. Directions for future research are discussed... - The relationship between religion and thought-action fusion: use of an in vivo paradigmNoah C Berman
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3270 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Behav Res Ther 48:670-4. 2010..Results are discussed in terms of the potential relationship between certain religious teachings and TAF-related beliefs about the importance, significance, and influence of thoughts... - Psychometric properties and construct validity of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory--Revised: Replication and extension with a clinical sampleJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:1016-35. 2006..The OCI-R is recommended as an empirically validated instrument that can be used in a range of clinical and research settings for research on OCD... - Hypochondriasis: conceptualization, treatment, and relationship to obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 29:503-19. 2006.... - Hypochondriasis: conceptualization, treatment, and relationship to obsessive compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, Mayo Clinic and Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 17:211-7. 2005..Some authors have likened HC to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on the basis of similarities between obsessions and illness preoccupation and the ritualistic checking behavior observed in each condition... - Severe health anxiety: why it persists and how to treat itJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Compr Ther 30:44-9. 2004..Because HA is associated with patients' personal suffering and clinical management problems, it is important for clinicians to be knowledgeable about current conceptual and treatment approaches to this problem... - Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in pregnancy and the puerperium: a review of the literatureJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Anxiety Disord 17:461-78. 2003..We explore the relationship between OCD symptoms and postpartum depression and offer possible directions for future study. We also consider the proposed etiological models and offer a fresh conceptualization of this condition... - Listening to hypochondriasis and hearing health anxietyAutumn E Braddock
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 6:1307-12. 2006..A cognitive-behavioral model of hypochondriasis as health anxiety and the empirically supported treatment based on the model are articulated. Future directions and informational resources are provided for both clinicians and patients... - The expression of anger and its relationship to symptoms and cognitions in obsessive-compulsive disorderStephen P Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Depress Anxiety 21:106-11. 2005..These results were discussed within the framework of the cognitive theory of OCD... - The relationship between obsessive beliefs and symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorderMichael G Wheaton
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Behav Res Ther 48:949-54. 2010..Implications for cognitive conceptualizations of OCD symptom dimensions are discussed... - Cognitive and behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders: a review of meta-analytic findingsBrett J Deacon
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
J Clin Psychol 60:429-41. 2004..Due to the small number of outcome studies involving pure cognitive treatments, reliable conclusions about the effectiveness of this approach cannot be offered. Additional theoretical and practical considerations are discussed... - Dimensions of anxiety sensitivity in the anxiety disorders: evaluation of the ASI-3Michael G Wheaton
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
J Anxiety Disord 26:401-8. 2012..ASI-3 total scores were less discriminative. Implications for conceptual models of anxiety are discussed... - Potentials and limitations of cognitive treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN 55905, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 34:140-7. 2005..Future research directions are suggested in order to evaluate more fully the merits of, and indications for, cognitive methods for treating OCD... - The psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
OCD Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Can J Psychiatry 51:407-16. 2006..The bulk of the article reviews the treatment-outcome literature on ERP for OCD and includes comparisons with cognitive therapy--the "new kid on the block" with respect to psychological treatments for OCD... - A critical evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: symptoms versus mechanismsDean McKay
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458 5198, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 24:283-313. 2004..The research is critically examined and implications for treatment are discussed. Recommendations for future investigations are offered... - The latent structure of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a taxometric studyBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:956-68. 2008..The implications of these findings for the clinical assessment and diagnosis of OC symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder are discussed... - Five-day intensive treatment for adolescent OCD: a case seriesStephen P Whiteside
Deaprtment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
J Anxiety Disord 22:495-504. 2008..The present study suggests that brief, 5-day intensive treatment may be an effective means of delivering CBT for adolescents with OCD and may be of use to mental health practitioners who provide services to large catchments... - Religious obsessions and compulsions in a non-clinical sample: the Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS)Jonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Behav Res Ther 40:825-38. 2002..The PIOS has utility both as a research and clinical tool... - The relationship between anxiety sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensionsMichael G Wheaton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 43:891-6. 2012..Very little research, however, has examined the relationship between AS and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, which was the objective of the current research... - Treatment compliance and outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorderJonathan S Abramowitz
Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Behav Modif 26:447-63. 2002..Clinical implications of these findings and future directions in treatment compliance research with OCD patients are discussed... - A contemporary conceptual model of hypochondriasisJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 77:1323-30. 2002..Recommendations for presenting this conceptualization to patients and encouraging proper treatment are also discussed... - Is hypochondriasis an anxiety disorder?Bunmi O Olatunji
PhD, Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology, 301 Wilson Hall, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Br J Psychiatry 194:481-2. 2009..This observation has important implications for treatment and subsequent revisions of the diagnostic classification of hypochondriasis... - Exposure and ritual prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: effects of intensive versus twice-weekly sessionsJonathan S Abramowitz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:394-8. 2003..The effect of therapy schedule was moderate, with a trend toward more improvement in the intensive group at posttreatment. No differences were found at follow-up; some evidence of relapse was found with IT but not TW... - A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging in obsessive-compulsive disorderStephen P Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, West 11, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Psychiatry Res 132:69-79. 2004..No other significant differences were found. The implications of these results for theories regarding the etiology of OCD are discussed... - Medical utilization across the anxiety disordersBrett Deacon
University of Wyoming, Department of Psychology, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
J Anxiety Disord 22:344-50. 2008..Our findings highlight the need for improved recognition and treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly panic disorder, in a number of medical settings... - Postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorderBrittany B Speisman
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 40:680-90. 2011..DATA SOURCES, STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION: All studies addressing postpartum OCD between the years 1950 and 2011 were reviewed. Data from all pertinent studies was explored as it related to postpartum OCD... - The effect of behavior therapy on caudate N-acetyl-l-aspartic acid in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorderStephen P H Whiteside
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Psychiatry Res 201:10-6. 2012..The results raise the possibility that successful behavioral treatment may be associated with increases in markers of neuronal viability, although other associations found in the literature were not replicated... - Intraclass correlation associated with therapists: estimates and applications in planning psychotherapy researchScott A Baldwin
Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 40:15-33. 2011..Attention to these recommendations will strengthen the validity of inferences drawn from psychotherapy studies that nest therapists within conditions... - Disgust sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a non-clinical sampleDavid F Tolin
Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital s Mental Health Network, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, 06106, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 37:30-40. 2006..We discuss possible strategies for clarifying the degree to which fear and disgust are involved in OCD symptoms... - Hierarchical structure of dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorderSteven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Cogn Behav Ther 34:216-28. 2005..These finding suggest that cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder should take into consideration the hierarchic structure of obsessive-compulsive-related beliefs... - Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of obsessive-compulsive disorder?Steven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1, Canada
J Anxiety Disord 20:85-97. 2006..These results are consistent with the view that dysfunctional beliefs may play a role in only some types of OCD... - Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: development and initial validation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3Steven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Psychol Assess 19:176-88. 2007..The ASI-3 displayed generally good performance on other indices of reliability and validity, along with evidence of improved psychometric properties over the original ASI... - Dimensionality of somatic complaints: factor structure and psychometric properties of the Self-Rating Anxiety ScaleBunmi O Olatunji
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, ACC 812, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Anxiety Disord 20:543-61. 2006..The strengths and limitations of the SAS are offered as well as the implications of our findings for the nature and assessment of somatic complaints in anxiety disorders... - Intolerance of uncertainty in obsessive-compulsive disorderDavid F Tolin
Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living, University of Connecticut, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
J Anxiety Disord 17:233-42. 2003..We discuss the implications for increasing tolerance via cognitive-behavioral therapy... - New parenthood as a risk factor for the development of obsessional problemsNichole Fairbrother
Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, E414A 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6 H 3V4
Behav Res Ther 45:2155-63. 2007..The empirical status of the model described herein is discussed, along with suggestions for future research and implications for treatment... - Are there interactions among dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive compulsive disorder?Steven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Cogn Behav Ther 34:89-98. 2005.... - Defining response in clinical trials for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a signal detection analysis of the Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scaleDavid F Tolin
Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1549-57. 2005..The aim of this retrospective investigation was to determine optimal YBOCS reduction criteria for classifying patients as responders... - Is obsessive-compulsive disorder a disturbance of security motivation? Comment on Szechtman and Woody (2004)Steven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Psychol Rev 112:650-7; discussion 658-61. 2005..Models proposing that OCD is caused by a single dysfunctional mechanism, such as the security motivation model, have difficulty explaining the complexity and heterogeneity of OCD... - Changes in quality of life following cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorderGretchen J Diefenbach
Institute of Living Hartford Hospital, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:3060-8. 2007..These results suggest that the effects of CBT may extend beyond OCD symptom reduction to QOL... - Body vigilance in nonclinical and anxiety disorder samples: structure, correlates, and prediction of health concernsBunmi O Olatunji
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37023, USA
Behav Ther 38:392-401. 2007..The implications of our findings for the nature and measurement of body vigilance as a predictor of health concerns in anxiety disorders are considered...