Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in dementia: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Unlabelled: Dementia is a highly prevalent syndrome with various causes, characterized by cognitive deficit in one or more domains, with important impairment of functioning, which frequently presents with neuropsychiatric symptoms that may include obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Objectives: The main goal of this meta-analysis was to describe and determine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in dementia.

Materials And Methods: To accomplish that, MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Psycnet databases were searched from inception to March 2023.

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in first episode psychosis and risk states: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Background And Hypothesis: Recent studies have reported high prevalences of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder in at risk and first-episode psychosis patients. This sparked an interest in the effect of these symptoms in the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients. However these studies have never been formally meta-analyzed.

Efficacy, Effect on Mood Symptoms, and Safety of Deep Brain Stimulation in Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objective: To evaluate efficacy, effect on mood, and safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at different target sites.

Data Sources: Electronic records from databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL up to November 2019 were searched. Search terms included OCD, depression, and DBS.