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Meetings
During the year, the Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network (OCRN) organises meetings for its members (also at the annual ECNP Congress).

Events, symposia
Meetings and symposia are organised during the year by OCRN and the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum (ICOCS).

Masterclass webinar
Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: from translational models to clinical management
When: 19-23 June 2024

The aim of this masterclass was to offer to participants up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge in the field of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs) with specific emphasis on:

Diagnosis and assessment
Neurobiology, clinical insights and comorbidity
Animal models
Neuroimaging data
Therapeutic interventions

This five day masterclass took place in Sicily, Italy, and was hosted virtually from Wednesday 19 June to Sunday 23 June 2024. The recording of the masterclass were also made available to registered participants.

ECNP offered free virtual registration to fifty ECNP Early Career Scientists. The ECNP Network Board reviewed the applications and made the final selection of the fifty participants.
More information can be found here.

OCRN database initiative
The OCRN has developed a specific database with the specific aim to collect, store and use data with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in a database managed by the OCRN and linked to specific projects related to OCRN.

Research projects

COST Action: European network for problematic usage of the internet
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) study
The use of an evidence based treatment algorithm vs. treatment as usual in treatment resistant OCD patients
Standards of care for obsessive-compulsive disorder centres

Recommended publications

Authors	Year	Title	Journal and link to article
Stanyte et al.	2023	Validation of the patient health questionnaire-9 and the generalized anxiety disorder-7 in Lithuanian individuals with anxiety and mood disorders	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Van Ameringen et al.	2022	Obsessive-compulsive disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Benatti et al.	2022	The role of gender in a large international OCD sample: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) Network	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Nezgovorova et al.	2022	Optimizing first line treatments for adults with OCD	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Gjoneska et al.	2021	Problematic use of the internet during the COVID 19 pandemic: good practices and mental health recommendations	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Benatti et al.	2021	Prevalence and correlates of current suicide risk in an international sample of OCD adults: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) network and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network (OCRN) of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Castle et al.	2021	Body dysmorphic disorder: a treatment synthesis and consensus on behalf of the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and the Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology	International Clinical Psychopharmacology
Király et al.	2020	Preventing problematic internet use during the Covid-19 pandemic: consensus guidance	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Fineberg et al.	2020	How to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) under Covid-19: A clinician's guide from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) and the Obsessive-Compulsive Research Network (OCRN) of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Fineberg et al.	2020	Clinical Advances in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Position Statement by the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders	International Clinical Psychopharmacology
Liaugaudaite et al.	2020	Neurocognitive markers of suicidal ideation in patients with anxiety and mood disorder	International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
Dell'Osso et al.	2019	Lifetime bipolar disorder comorbidity and related clinical characteristics in patients with primary obsessive compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS)	CNS spectrums
Brakoulias et al.	2019	The rates of co-occurring behavioural addictions in treatment-seeking individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary report	Journal International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
Brakoulias et al.	2019	Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder — an international perspective.	Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
Fineberg et al.	2019	Early intervention for obsessive compulsive disorder: An expert consensus statement.	European Neuropsychopharmacology
Dell'Osso et al.	2018	Prevalence of suicide attempt and clinical characteristics of suicide attempters with obsessive‐compulsive disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive‐Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS)	CNS Spectrums
Fineberg et al.	2018	Manifesto for a European research network into problematic usage of the internet.	European Neuropsychopharmacology
Fineberg et al.	2018	Mapping compulsivity in the DSM-5 obsessive compulsive and related disorders: cognitive domains, neural circuitry, and treatment.	The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
Mestre-Bach et al.	2018	Sociodemographic and psychopathological predictors of criminal behavior in women with gambling disorder.	Addict Behaviour

Old publications
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Textbooks
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Current Science and Clinical Practice.
Zohar J (ed). Chichester (United Kingdom): John Wiley & Sons, 2012

eBook
'Learning to deal with Problematic Usage of the Internet’ a collaborative project between European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS), and the ECNP OCRN.
Download it for free here.

Textbook chapters
In ‘Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Phenomenology, Pathophysiology and Treatment’ published by Oxford University Press in 2017.

Incompleteness and harm avoidance in OCD
Pallanti S et al..
Brain functional connectivity in OCD.
Soriano-Mas C, Harrison BJ.
Neurotransmitter dysregulation in OCD.
Graat I, Figee M, Denys D.
Neuropeptides in OCD.
Kabasakalian A, Hollander E.
Standard evidence-based pharmacological treatment for OCD.
Reid JE, Reghunandanan S, Roberts A, Fineberg NA.
Trichotillomania and skin picking disorder.
Grant JE, Redden SA, Leppink EW.

Presentations

'Optimizing OCD treatment in the post covid era CINP talk' — International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP)
Van Ameringen, Dell’Osso, Fineberg and Hollader
9 June 2022, virtual and Taipei, Taiwan
‘New perspectives on treating obsessive compulsive disorders' — International Society of Affective Disorders (ISAD)
Fineberg et al.
6-7 July 2017, Kings College, London
‘The treatment of OCD spectrum disorder; an update’ — International Forum of Mood and Anxiety disorder
Fineberg et al.
14-16 December 2017, Madrid, Spain
'Individualised treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorders: from bench to bedside' — Symposium at the European Psychiatric Association Congress
5 March 2018, Nice, France

Targeted Network meetings
Targeted Network Meeting, 4-5 October 2013, just before the 26th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain.