Brave men and timid women? A review of the gender differences in fear and anxiety

CP McLean, ER Anderson - Clinical psychology review, 2009 - Elsevier
Substantial evidence indicates that women report greater fear and are more likely to develop
anxiety disorders than men. Women's greater vulnerability for anxiety disorders can be partly …

Obsessive–compulsive disorder: a review of the diagnostic criteria and possible subtypes and dimensional specifiers for DSM‐V

JF Leckman, D Denys, HB Simpson… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Since the publication of the DSM‐IV in 1994, research on obsessive–
compulsive disorder (OCD) has continued to expand. It is timely to reconsider the nosology …

Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.

JS Abramowitz, BJ Deacon, BO Olatunji… - Psychological …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
Although several measures of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms exist, most are limited
in that they are not consistent with the most recent empirical findings on the nature and …

Comorbidity in hoarding disorder

RO Frost, G Steketee, DF Tolin - Depression and anxiety, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background: Hoarding Disorder (HD) is currently under consideration for inclusion
as a distinct disorder in DSM‐5 (1). Few studies have examined comorbidity patterns in …

Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in a community-based sample

JF Samuels, OJ Bienvenu, MA Grados, B Cullen… - Behaviour research and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Little is known about the prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in the community.
We estimated the prevalence and evaluated correlates of hoarding in 742 participants in the …

Compulsive hoarding: OCD symptom, distinct clinical syndrome, or both?

A Pertusa, MA Fullana, S Singh… - American Journal of …, 2008 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating problem that is often associated with
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder …

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A critical review of the new diagnostic class

JS Abramowitz, RJ Jacoby - Annual review of clinical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders includes a new
class of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) that includes obsessive …

Gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a literature review

MA Mathis, P Alvarenga, G Funaro… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition, in
which subtypes have been proposed. Previous studies suggested that gender plays a …

Age at onset and clinical features of late life compulsive hoarding

CR Ayers, S Saxena, S Golshan… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Compulsive hoarding is a debilitating, chronic disorder, yet we know little about
its onset, clinical features, or course throughout the life span. Hoarding symptoms often …

Age-specific prevalence of hoarding and obsessive compulsive disorder: a population-based study

DC Cath, K Nizar, D Boomsma, CA Mathews - The American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Little is known about the age-specific prevalence of hoarding and obsessive
compulsive symptoms (OCS), particularly in older age groups. The objectives of this study …