Coronavirus: A trigger for OCD and illness anxiety disorder?

Rivera, Rita M.; Carballea, Denise

doi:10.1037/tra0000725

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“…Based on their clinical experience, Authors of this study think this cleaning/washing habit for this pandemic might cause a surge of washing compulsion in patients after the pandemic is over and the normality of transport & hospital services is restored. However, it will cause symptom exacerbation in only a small number of patients already having washing compulsion, which is further supported by other researchers (24,25). Further research is indeed needed to assess the global impact on the said disorder and future predictions in this regard if any similar untoward situation may arise.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Chakraborty¹,

Karmakar²

2020

IJPS

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Objective: Handwashing is now considered as one of the best safety measures to prevent COVID-19 infection. The effect of excessive handwashing for health on OCD patients who are already having washing compulsion is not known. Furthermore, the fear of contamination of COVID-19 in patients who already have obsession of contamination is not known. This study aims to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 on OCD patients. Method: Phone interviews were done with 84 patients previously diagnosed with obsession of contamination and compulsive washing. Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale was used and the scores of the participants were compared to their prepandemic scores. Results: Only 5 patients (6%) had exacerbation of symptoms after the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the patients did not report any deterioration of symptoms due to the pandemic. Conclusion: Handwashing protocol does not aggravate the washing compulsion of patients. Similarly, the fear of infection with COVID-19 does not increase their fear of contamination.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Chakraborty¹,

Karmakar²

2020

IJPS

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“…The question to be considered here is whether the pandemic-related fear and phobia will continue after COVID-19? Therefore, it is necessary to examine this scale after the pandemic on different clinical and non-clinical groups, especially patients with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder, given that these two groups of patients are more likely to be further affected by COVID-19 (Asmundson et al, 2020 ; Rivera & Carballea, 2020 ). Also, beyond the results of this study, some social recommendations must be considered.…”

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The Persian Version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (Persian-C19P-S) and the Differences in COVID-19-Related Phobic Reactions in Patients with Anxiety Disorders

Ardestani

Khosravani

Bastan

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic outbreak increasing several psychological distress, such as anxiety and phobia, and may affect patients with anxiety disorders. A scale has been recently designed to assess COVID-19-related phobic reactions named the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). The present study aimed to evaluate factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Persian version of the C19P-S (Persian-C19P-S) in patients with anxiety disorders and to compare COVID-19-related phobia among these patients. Three hundred patients with anxiety disorders completed the Persian-C19P-S and other scales assessing anxiety traits (e.g., the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI), the Health Concerns Questionnaire-54 (HCQ-54), and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4)) and COVID-19-related distress (e.g., the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19)). The results showed that the Persian-C19P-S replicated the four-factor structure of the original C19P-S. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients evidenced the reliability of the scale. The validity of the scale (convergent and discriminant validity) was confirmed. Patients who had generalized anxiety and panic disorders showed higher phobic reactions related to COVID-19 than those with social anxiety disorder and specific phobia. This study indicates that the Persian version of the C19P-S is a valid scale to be used in Iranian patients with anxiety disorders to evaluate COVID-19-related phobia. Moreover, COVID-19-related phobic reactions are higher in some specific types of anxiety disorders.

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“…The second element to consider is that the OCD patient worries excessively by overestimating real threats, such as with COVID-19, or incorporating unreal threats. It may occur that OCD patients worsen or even change obsessions and compulsions, regardless of whether these are related to the variables enhanced by the pandemic ( Fineberg et al, 2020 , Rivera and Carballea, 2020 ). The third element is that we have analyzed the main subtypes reported by patients and therapists, but have not evaluated the dimensions of the symptoms.…”

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“…It is important to take into account variables both of the stressor itself (frequency, duration, type, number, control) and the individual's abilities to cope ( Monroe et al, 2007 ). Focusing on OCD, the elements of containment of the pandemic will produce reinforcement of obsessive thinking and compulsive behavior and exacerbation of symptoms ( Fineberg et al, 2020 , Rivera and Carballea, 2020 , Silva et al, 2020 ). These symptoms have been reported following previous epidemics such as SARS, MERS, etc.…”

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