View clinical trials related to Compulsive Behavior.
Filter by:The overall goal of this project is to determine whether a new form of family-based treatment for repetitive and inflexible behaviors, delivered using videoconferencing technology, can counter any negative effects of those behaviors, but also improve positive outcomes for young children with ASD.
The investigators will recruit 30 children and adolescents (15 per group x 2 groups) aged 6 to 17 years with ASD and significant repetitive behaviors that cause problems to them and to others around them. Subjects will be randomized to either amitriptyline (AMI), dosed flexibly according to response and tolerability with a maximum dose of 100mg per day or 1.5mg/kg/day, in divided doses to minimize side effects, or placebo in look-alike capsules, for 10 weeks. Rating scales will be used to measure outcomes.
The objectives of the study are to investigate if KCNQ1 mutation in Romano-Ward long QT patients can be associated with changes in insulin regulation and with psychological features of compulsivity, impulsivity and behavioural rigidity.
This project seeks to identify causal neural mechanisms underlying unwanted, repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Using non-invasive brain stimulation coupled with practice in a computer task, we will modulate activity in a target brain region and measure effects on compulsive behaviors and related measures. This work could ultimately lead to the ability to treat compulsions more effectively by targeting the regions of the brain that can help or hinder attempts to overcome compulsions.
The aim of this project is to investigate: - The status of the central serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system in compulsive behaviour and how it is affected by sub-chronic escitalopram administration - The mechanisms underlying how sub-chronic administration of escitalopram affects the central 5-HT system - How changes in cognitive performance, including the balance between habitual and goal-directed mechanisms, are affected in compulsive behaviour by boosting 5-HT function - How functional brain changes in cognitive function measured with magnetic resonance imaging relate to altered 5-HT function following escitalopram administration.
There is considerable geographical variation in the rates of compulsion in psychiatric services within as well as between countries. Reducing the use of compulsion of patients with severe mental illness is an expressed policy aim, and also a demand from service user organisations. In Norway, municipalities hold responsibility for primary care and are therefore central to the delivery of services to people with severe mental illness. This indicates a potential for intervening at the municipal level to reduce the use of compulsion where it is high. The Reducing Coercion in Norway study (RECON) will, in collaboration with municipalities with high compulsion rates, develop a municipal-level intervention (Stage 1) that will be implemented in a cluster-RCT (Stage 2) to test if it has effect on compulsion rates.pulsion rates.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe mental illness characterized by repetitive behaviors that a person feels compelled to perform. It has been demonstrated that stimuli in the environment can trigger the compulsive urge, perpetuating the OCD cycle. The main goal of the current proposal, which is based on exciting pilot data, is to test a novel computerized training program to create an association between OCD-related stimuli, which typically trigger the compulsive urge, and the brain system responsible for stopping. The idea is that once this system is triggered, it will be easier for patients to stop the compulsive urge.
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate whether Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) can help adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in China following a training of professionals and ongoing consultation.
Refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling condition. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of ventral capsule/ventral striatum(VC/VS) is potentially the most effective treatment for refractory OCD. However, the affecting area of traditional electrodes is limited and not specific to VC/VS. The investigators designed a novel electrode, 2 mental contacts(3mm contact-2mm space-3 mm contact) could be implanted in ventral striatum and the other upper 2 contacts(4mm space-3mm contact-4mm space-3mm contact)that can be implanted in ventral capsule simultaneously, which the investigators believe will be more effective due to better compatibly with anatomical features of target area. This trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of this approach.
In this study the investigators will use semi-structured interviews to qualitatively analyse patient and family member experiences with either deep brain stimulation or other forms of psychiatric neurosurgery.