On Demand Grand Rounds: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Generation Of Progress

This presentation was last reviewed on August 23, 2023, and broadcast live online on January 27, 2021, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET.

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This lecture will review a generation of progress in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder research and treatment.  We will discuss assessment, pharmacologic and behavioral treatment and neurosurgical approaches to intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Emphasis on an integrated approach to treatment will be stressed. Recent developments in our understanding of the neurocircuitry of OCD will be presented.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.

Learning Objectives

After this lecture, you will be able to:

  1. Identify the two major core features of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
  2. Compare the effectiveness of exposure based versus pharmacologic treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
  3. Discuss neurosurgical approaches to the treatment of intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 1.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 1.00 Psychologists
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
11/13/2023
Course expires: 
11/10/2025

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About the speaker

Dr. Rasmussen received his MD from Brown Medical School and completed his psychiatry residency at Yale University. Since 1983 he has devoted his efforts to the research and treatment of OCD and is acclaimed internationally for his work in the field. He was instrumental in designing and completing trials of the SRI’s for OCD in the 1990’s.
Dr. Rasmussen has been recognized by The Best Doctors in America annually for over 20 years. He has authored and co-authored over 170 publications and has lectured at conferences and symposiums across the world regarding this illness. More recently, his research has been focused on long-term outcome studies of OCD, epidemiologic studies, integrated approaches to treatment and circuit based neuromodulatory treatments. Currently, he is the Zucker Chair and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University. He was the 2014 recipient of the International OCD Foundation lifetime achievement award.

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Steven A. Rasmussen, MD, reported in January of 2021, as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months, as was the standard at that time. He does not discuss any products or services consumed by, or used on patients in this presentation. All conflicts of interest were mitigated through review.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
  • 1.00 Category II credits for Social Workers
  • 1.00 Psychologists
  • 1.00 Participation
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Grand Rounds: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Generation Of Progress
Steven A. Rasmussen, MD
Mary E. Zucker Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry
and Human Behavior,
Chair of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI

Last reviewed on August 23, 2023.
Originally broadcast live January 27, 2021, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.
Enduring Activity Credit Expiration Date: November 10, 2025.

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