Professor Naomi Fineberg discusses the latest in pharmacological treatment of OCD and Hoarding when she meets up with Volen Ivanov.
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The directors of ICOCS met in Stockholm last night. So, what is ICOCS? The International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) is an organization for researchers and mental health professionals. The organization intends to aid and stimulate mental health professionals and others to develop research projects in this field, and to help coordinate research efforts amongst members. Read more about ICOCS and how to join by clicking on the link above. The next meeting of ICOCS is in October in Vienna.
En hel timme Volen Ivanov i Morgonpasset P3 i morse, klicka här för att lyssna.
A new study was just published with Simon Cervenka as lead author and with Christian Rück among the co-authors . Nine SAD patients were examined using high-resolution PET and the high-affinity D2-R antagonist radioligand [11C]FLB 457, before and after 15 weeks of CBT and the study shows that D2 binding changes after patients with social anxiety disorder. Click the citation to get to the full text:
Cervenka, S., Hedman, E., Ikoma, Y., Radu Djurfeldt, D., Rück, C., Halldin, C., Lindefors, N. Changes in dopamine D2-receptor binding are associated to symptom reduction after psychotherapy in social anxiety disorder. Translational Psychiatry (2012) 2, e120; doi:10.1038/tp.2012.40
Published online 22 May 2012
Are you going to the ESRII meeting in Lunenburg 30-31/5? If not, don’t worry. We will report everyday on the most recent research studies on Internet-based treatments. Rucklab will make a presentation and we also have two posters on iCBT for OCD. Auf wiederhören.
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 