ICOCS Publications

Here is a list publications from the ICOCS group, starting with the most recent. In order to view the respective abstract, please click the first author of each article (in green) :

2022

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders under COVID-19 – ICOCS Special Issue in the Journal of Psychiatric Research

Benatti, B. et al. (2022) The role of gender in a large international OCD sample: A Report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) Network. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;116:152315.

Van Ameringen, M. et al. (2022) Obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Psychiatric Research.  2022 May;149:114-123.

2021

Benatti, B. et al. (2021) Prevalence and correlates of current suicide risk in an international sample of OCD adults: A report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) network and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network (OCRN) of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.  Journal of Psychiatric Research.  2021 Aug;140:357-363.

Castle, D. et al. (2021). Body dysmorphic disorder: a treatment synthesis and consensus on behalf of the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and the Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. International Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021 Mar 1;36(2):61-75. 

Varinelli, A. et al. (2021) Functional interventions as augmentation strategies for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): scoping review and expert survey from the international college of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (ICOCS).  International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice.  2021 Jan 27;1-16.

2020

Király, O. et al. (2020).  Preventing Problematic Internet Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Consensus Guidance.  Comprehensive Psychiatry.  2020 Jul;100:152180.

Fineberg, N. et al. (2020).  Clinical Advances in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Position Statement by the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.  International Clinical Psychopharmacology.  2020 Jul;35(4):173-193.

Fineberg, N. et al. (2020).  How to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) under COVID-19: A clinician’s guide from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) and the Obsessive-Compulsive Research Network (OCRN) of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.   Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2020 Apr 12 : 152174.

Vismara M. et al. (2020).  Is cyberchondria a new transdiagnostic digital compulsive syndrome? A systematic review of the evidence.  Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2020 Feb 27;99:152167.

2019

Dell’Osso B. et al. (2019). Lifetime bipolar disorder comorbidity and related clinical characteristics in patients with primary obsessive compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS).  CNS Spectrums, 2019 May 27:1-7.

2018

Dell’Osso. B. et al (2018).  Prevalence of suicide attempt and clinical characteristics of suicide attempters with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS). CNS Spectrums, 2018 Feb;23(1):59-66.

2017

Dell’Osso B. et al. (2017).  Obsessive-compulsive disorder in the elderly: A report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS). Eur Psychiatry. 2017 Sep;45:36-40.

2016

Dell’Osso B. et al. (2016). Childhood, adolescent and adult age at onset and related clinical correlates in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS). International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 19:1-8.

2015

Dell’Osso B. et al. (2015). Cigarette smoking in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive and Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS). CNS Spectrums, 20(5): 469-473.

2014

Lochner C. et al. (2014). Comorbidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): A report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (ICOCS). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(7): 1513-1519.

Van Ameringen M. et al. (2014). Pharmacological treatment strategies in obsessive compulsive disorder: A cross-sectional view in nine international OCD centres. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 28(6):596-602.

2013

Dell’Osso B. et al. (2013). The influence of age at onset and duration of illness on long-term outcomes in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A reports from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (ICOCS). European Neuropsychopharmacology, 23(8): 865 – 871.