Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder-An international perspective.
Vlasios BrakouliasVladan StarcevicUmberto AlbertShyam Sundar ArumughamBrenda E BaileyAmparo BellochTania BordaLiliana Dell'OssoJason A EliasMartha J FalkensteinYgor A FerraoLeonardo F FontenelleLena JelinekLeto KalogerakiBrian KayLuana D LauritoChristine LochnerGiuseppe MainaDonatella MarazzitiAndrew MartinHisato MatsunagaEuripedes C MiguelPedro MorgadoIrakis MourikisMassimo PasquiniRodrigo Perez RiveraSriramya PotluriJanardhan Y C ReddyBrian C RiemannMaria Conceição do RosarioRoseli G ShavittDan J SteinKirupumani ViswasamZhen WangNaomi A FinebergPublished in: Human psychopharmacology (2019)
The variation between countries in treatments used for OCD needs further evaluation. Exposure and response prevention is not used as frequently as guidelines suggest and appears difficult to access in most countries. Updated treatment guidelines are recommended.