Hoarding behaviors among nonclinical elderly adults: correlations with hoarding cognitions, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and measures of general psychopathology.

This study examines correlates of hoarding behaviors among nonclinical elderly adults, focusing upon hoarding cognitions, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and measures of general psychopathology. Two hundred and sixty-nine adults aged 56-93 years (M=72.49 years) completed the Saving Inventory-Revised, Savings Cognitions Inventory-Revised, Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised, Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory.

Predictors of functional impairment in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The current study examined factors associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) related functional impairment among 99 youth with OCD. A trained evaluator administered the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, items assessing family accommodation, and a version of the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale that was modified for children. Youth completed the Child Obsessive-Compulsive Impact Scale-Child Version, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Child Version, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, and Children's Depression Inventory-Short Form.

Open label aripiprazole in the treatment of youth with tic disorders.

Background: Primarily safe and efficacious treatments for chronic tic disorders are needed. Also needed are such treatments that target co-morbid conditions. Aripiprazole, a dopaminergic/serotonergic agent with partial agonist properties at the D2 dopamine receptor and 5-hydrdoxytryptamine 1A (5-HT(1A)) receptor and antagonist properties at the 5-HT(2A) receptor, holds promise in both regards.

Children's Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory: psychometric properties and feasibility of a self-report measure of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth.

This report describes the development and psychometric properties of the Children's Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (C-FOCI). Designed specifically as a brief measure for assessing obsessive-compulsive symptoms, the C-FOCI was created for use in both clinical and community settings. Study 1 included 82 children and adolescents diagnosed with primary Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and their parents.