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Here, we compare clinical outcomes following DBS between harm-avoidant and disgust OCD subtypes.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 14 contamination OCD patients (7 female, 7 male) undergoing DBS between 2019 and 2024 and categorized them as harm-avoidant or disgust based on clinical features. We assessed demographics and Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II) scores preoperatively and longitudinally.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Among 14 patients with contamination OCD, the harm-avoidant (n=10) and disgust (n=4) groups had similar demographic characteristics and baseline Y-BOCS-II scores (harm-avoidant: 40.4 \u00b1 4.2, disgust: 40.0 \u00b1 6.9,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.92, Welch\u2019s t-test). At the latest follow-up, harm-avoidant patients achieved significantly lower Y-BOCS-II scores (harm-avoidant: 13.8 \u00b1 11.1, disgust: 30.5 \u00b1 3.1;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.001, Welch\u2019s t-test). Nine of ten harm-avoidant patients achieved response status (\u226535% score reduction) compared to only one of four disgust patients (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    =0.04, Fisher\u2019s exact test).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Disgust OCD patients experienced attenuated improvement following DBS compared to harm-avoidant OCD patients. If confirmed in larger cohorts, these findings could motivate preoperative phenotypic stratification, inform decision-making about DBS candidacy, and guide alternative therapeutic strategies for disgust patients.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.07.20.26357997","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,23]],"date-time":"2026-07-23T00:35:18Z","timestamp":1784766918000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Differential response to deep brain stimulation in harm-avoidant vs. disgust subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"given":"Thomas","family":"Hamre","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Kutcher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroengineering Institute, 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