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Several current publications have considered obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients to be particularly vulnerable during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and clinicians were advised to adjust treatments accordingly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the 2- and 6-month impacts of COVID-19 on the symptom severity of OCD patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A cohort of OCD patients actively treated with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) combined with pharmacological treatment was evaluated as part of their regular psychiatric assessment twice: 113 patients were evaluated at their 2-month follow-up and 90 patients (from that cohort) were evaluated at their 6-month follow up.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Obsessive-compulsive symptom deterioration was not present in 84% of the patients at the 2-month follow-up and 96% of the patients at the 6-month follow-up. The results were also replicated in the OCD subgroup that included patients with contamination (washers) and illness obsessions, who were believed to be particularly vulnerable considering their obsessional content.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>OCD patients (including those with obsessions related to contamination and health) who were under active ERP and pharmacological treatment did not experience exacerbated symptoms during COVID-19 at their 2- and 6-month follow-ups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ijnp\/pyab024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,26]],"date-time":"2021-05-26T11:22:21Z","timestamp":1622028141000},"page":"703-709","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Obsessive Compulsive Disorder During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): 2- and 6-Month Follow-Ups in a Clinical Trial"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Lior","family":"Carmi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Post-Trauma Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel"},{"name":"The Israeli Center for OCD, Modiin, Israel"},{"name":"The Data Science Institution, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oded","family":"Ben-Arush","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Israeli Center for OCD, Modiin, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leah","family":"Fostick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hagit","family":"Cohen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Zohar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Post-Trauma Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel"},{"name":"The Israeli Center for OCD, Modiin, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021092108013225100_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2020.112966","article-title":"The other side of COVID-19: impact on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding","author":"Banerjee","year":"2020","journal-title":"Psychiatry Res 288:112966."},{"key":"2021092108013225100_CIT0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"720","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2020.00720","article-title":"What happened to patients with obsessive compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic? 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