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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:23:33 -0700
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- From: Matthew Prull <PRULLM@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: A request for references on OCD
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- In regards to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) refs., there is a
- very recent article by Lewis R. Baxter and a whole slew of co-authors
- (10 of them!) that has sparked a great deal of interest lately. Although
- it doesn't put forth a computational theory I think it's a good read.
- Basically, these guys found that behavior therapy has as great an effect
- in reducing OCD symptoms (as measured by PET scan) as drug therapy
- (Ss were administered fluoxetine hydrochloride. It sounds dangerous
- to me...I hope I never have to take it). These authors go on to
- hypothesize a general model of brain regions that may be responsible
- for OCD...here's the ref:
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- Baxter, L.R., et al. (1992). Caudate glucose metabolic rate changes
- with both drug and behavior therapy for OCD. _Archives of
- General Psychiatry_, 49, 681-689.
-
- Have fun! (<---credit due to Matthew Simpson, of course. I don't want
- to steal anyone's thunder! :)
-
- Matthew Prull
- prullm@cgsvax.claremont.edu
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