Research Articles on the Nature of OCD

Abramowitz, J. S., & Houts, A. C. (2002). What is OCD and what is not: Problems with the OCD spectrum concept. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 1, 139-156.

Abramowitz, J. S., Huppert, J. D., Cohen, A. B., Tolin, D. F., & Cahill, S. P. (2002). Religious obsessions and compulsions in a non-clinical sample: The Penn Inventory of Scrupulosity (PIOS). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 825-838.

Tolin, D. F., Abramowitz, J. S., Przeworski, A., & Foa, E. B. (2002). Thought suppression in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 1251-1270.

Tolin, D. F., Abramowitz, J. S., Brigidi, B., & Foa, E. B. (2003). Intolerance of uncertainty in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 233-242.

Abramowitz, J. S., Whiteside, S., Kalsy, S.A., & Tolin, D. F. (2003). Thought control strategies in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A replication and extension. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 529-540.

Abramowitz, J. S., Whiteside, S. P., Lynam, D., & Kalsy, S. A. (2003). Is thought-action fusion specific to obsessive-compulsive disorder: A mediating role of negative affect. Behaviour Research and Therapy,41, 1069-1079.

Abramowitz, J. S., Schwartz, S. A., Moore, K. M. & Luenzmann, K. R., (2003). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in pregnancy and the puerperium: A review of the literature. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 461-478.

Abramowitz, J. S., Schwartz, S. A., & Moore, K. M. (2003). Obsessional thoughts in postpartum females and their partners: Content, severity and relationship with depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 10, 157-164.

McKay, D., Abramowitz, J., Calamari, J., Kyrios, M., Radomsky, A., Sookman, D., Taylor, S., & Wilhelm, S. (2004). A critical evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: symptoms versus mechanisms. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 283-313.

Whiteside, S. P., Port, J. D., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2004). A review and meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 132, 69-79.

Whiteside, S. P., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2005). The expression of anger and its relationship to symptoms and cognitions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 21, 106-111.

Taylor, S., Abramowitz, J. S., McKay, D., Calamari, J. C., Sookman, D., Kyrios, M., Wilhelm, S., Carmin, C. (2006). Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of obsessive-compulsive disorder? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 85-97.

Abramowitz, J. S., Khandker, M., Nelson, C. A., Deacon, B. J., & Rygwall, R. (2006). The role of cognitive factors in the pathogenesis of obsessions and compulsions: A prospective study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1361-1374.

Whiteside, S. P., Port, J. D., Deacon, B. J., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2006). A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 146, 137-147.

Nelson, E., Abramowitz, J. S., Whiteside, S. P., & Deacon, B. J. (2006). Scrupulosity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Relationship to clinical and cognitive phenomena. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20, 1071-1086.

Abramowitz, J. S., Nelson, C. A., Rygwall, & Khandker, M. (2007). The cognitive mediation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: a longitudinal study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 91-104.

Fairbrother, N., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2007). New parenthood as a risk factor for the development of obsessional problems. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2155-2163.

Abramowitz, J. S., Storch, E. A., Keeley, M., & Cordell, E. (2007). Obsessive-compulsive disorder with comorbid major depressive disorder: What is the role of cognitive factors? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2257-2267.

Abramowitz, J. S., Wheaton, M. G., & Storch, E. A. (2008). The status of hoarding as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 1026-1033.

Olatunji, B. O., Williams, B. J., Haslam, N., Abramowitz, J. S., & Tolin, D. F. (2008). The latent structure of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A taxometric Study. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 956-968.

Storch, E. A., Abramowitz, J. S., & Goodman, W. K. (2008). Does obsessive-compulsive disorder belong among the anxiety disorders in DSM-V? Depression and Anxiety, 25, 226-247.

Deacon, B. J. & Abramowitz, J. S. (2008). Is Hypochondriasis Related to OCD, Panic Disorder, or Both? An Empirical Evaluation. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy,22, 115-127.

Abramowitz, J. S., Lackey, G., & Wheaton, M. G. (2009). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms: the contribution of obsessive beliefs and experiential avoidance. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 160-166.