Imperial College London
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DrMatthewHodes

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Honorary Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
 
 
 
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Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cunning:2022:10.1177/13591045211028169,
author = {Cunning, C and Hodes, M},
doi = {10.1177/13591045211028169},
journal = {Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry},
pages = {18--34},
title = {The COVID-19 pandemic and obsessive-compulsive disorder in young people: Systematic review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045211028169},
volume = {27},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world since the first cases were reported in China in January 2020. The secondary mental health impacts of the pandemic are thought to be significant. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a condition defined by recurrent obsessions and compulsions. It has been hypothesised that the focus on hygiene and contamination during the pandemic could exacerbate obsessive-compulsive symptoms in young people. METHOD: A systematic literature review was conducted. Papers were sought looking at the effect of the pandemic on obsessive-compulsive disorder in young people. RESULTS: Six published cross-sectional and longitudinal studies were identified, of which four studies investigated clinic samples with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and two looked at community adolescent populations. Five out of the six studies found that obsessive-compulsive symptoms were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be associated with a worsening of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in young people. Being in treatment seems to have a protective effect. Maintaining mental health services during a pandemic is vital. It is important to be aware of the implications of pandemic on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in young people in order to allow them to access appropriate treatments. More research is needed in this area.
AU  - Cunning,C
AU  - Hodes,M
DO  - 10.1177/13591045211028169
EP  - 34
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1359-1045
SP  - 18
TI  - The COVID-19 pandemic and obsessive-compulsive disorder in young people: Systematic review
T2  - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045211028169
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34171975
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591045211028169
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90041
VL  - 27
ER  -
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