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Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder-An international perspective
Brakoulias, Vlasios; Starcevic, Vladan; Albert, Umberto; Arumugham, Shyam Sundar; Bailey, Brenda E.; Belloch, Amparo; Borda, Tania; Dell'Osso, LilianaObjective The objective of this study was to characterise international trends in the use of psychotropic medication, psychological therapies, and novel therapies used to treat obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods Researchers in the field of OCD were invited to contribute summary statistics on the characteristics of their samples. Consistency of summary statistics across countries was evaluated. Results...
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain
Anttila, Verneri; Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan; Finucane, Hilary K.; Walters, Raymond K.; Bras, Jose; Duncan, Laramie; Escott-Price, ValentinaDisorders of the brain can exhibit considerable epidemiological comorbidity and often share symptoms, provoking debate about their etiologic overlap. We quantified the genetic sharing of 25 brain disorders from genome-wide association studies of 265,218 patients and 784,643 control participants and assessed their relationship to 17 phenotypes from 1,191,588 individuals. Psychiatric disorders share common varian...