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From checking the door to checking the app: assessment and treatment implications for obsessive–compulsive disorder in the digital era

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2020

Lior Carmi Open the ORCID record for Lior Carmi [Opens in a new window] ,
Joseph Zohar ,
Oded Ben Arush  and
Sharon Morein-Zamir
Lior Carmi*
Affiliation:
Post Trauma Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel The Inter Disciplinary Center, The Data Science Institution, Herzliya, Israel
Joseph Zohar
Affiliation:
Post Trauma Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Oded Ben Arush
Affiliation:
Israeli Center for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders, Modiin, Israel
Sharon Morein-Zamir
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*
Author for correspondence: Lior Carmi Email: Lior.Carmi@sheba.health.gov.il
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Abstract

In the last 20 years, technology is increasingly integrated into daily life. Daily interactions with smart devices have become routine with much of our lives taking place in a digital environment. It is therefore not surprising that the manifestations of psychiatric disorders including Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder have changed in recent years reflecting this reality. Clinicians should be aware of the potential impact of such changes when considering symptom presentation and diagnosis.

Keywords

OCDdigital obsessiondigital compulsiondigital OCDsmartphones

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , October 2021 , pp. 457 - 458
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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