Serotonin reuptake inhibitor-cognitive behavioural therapy-second generation antipsychotic combination for severe treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. A prospective observational study.

Introduction: Six in ten patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) do not respond to the first-line treatments with serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) or cognitive behavioural therapy including exposure and response prevention (CBT/ERP), and several do not respond to second-line treatments, i.e., SRI-second generation antipsychotic (SGA) or SRI-CBT/ERP augmentation.

Dysfunctional eating behaviors, anxiety, and depression in Italian boys and girls: the role of mass media.

Objective: Extensive research has implicated identification with characters in mass media in the emergence of disordered eating behavior in adolescents. We explored the possible influence of the models offered by television (TV) on adolescents' body image, body uneasiness, eating-disordered behavior, depression, and anxiety.

Methods: Three hundred and one adolescents (aged 14-19) from southern Italy participated.