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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Social media and smartphone technology in the symptomatology of OCD
  1. Martine J van Bennekom1,
  2. Pelle P de Koning1,
  3. Damiaan Denys1,2
  1. 1 Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2 The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Martine J van Bennekom, m.j.vanbennekom{at}amc.nl

Summary

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling and heterogeneous psychiatric disorder. In line with the trend towards globalisation and modern technology, the thematic content of obsessions and compulsions is bound to evolve over time. However, assessment scales such as the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptom checklist are not adapted accordingly. By means of two case reports, we would like to introduce social media and smartphone technology in the content of obsessions and compulsions. Our aim is to raise awareness among clinicians of these topics in key symptomatology of OCD and to propose a flexible adaptation of the Y-BOCS symptom checklist. Furthermore, we encourage the development of exposure and response prevention exercises with a focus on social media and smartphone technology.

  • anxiety disorders (including Ocd and Ptsd)
  • cognitive behavioural psychotherapy

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223662

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    • Contributors MB, PK and DD contributed to the conception of this manuscript. MB drafted this manuscript, which was critically revised for important intellectual content by PK and DD. All authors approved the submitted version of this manuscript. All authors agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.