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Consensus Statement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2014
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Over the last 25 years, the perception of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has changed; where once it was seen as a rare refractory disorder, it is now viewed as a fairly prevalent, but treatable, medical condition responding to two main therapeutic strategies—serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Given the emergence of new results with SRIs, more data on the role of augmentation strategies with second-generation antipsychotics, and recent genetic and neuroimaging findings with potential for advancing the understanding of the pathogenesis of OCD, it was thought appropriate to revisit OCD in order to identify key developments in this field and examine how they might be translated into the clinical arena.This consensus statement is the product of the International Anxiety Disorders Conference that took place in Cape Town in February 2006, and is referred to as the Cape Town Consensus (CTC).
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- CNS Spectrums , Volume 12 , supplement S3: From Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: The Cape Town Consensus Statement , February 2007 , pp. 59 - 63
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