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June 12, 2024Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersOpen Access

Contamination fear during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with lifetime obsessive compulsive disorder and healthy controls: a longitudinal cohort study

Johanna A. M. du Mortier Erik J. Giltay Almar A. L. Kok Patricia van Oppen Merijn Eikelenboom Didi Rhebergen Richard C. Oude Voshaar Anton J.L.M. van Balkom Henny A. D. Visser

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Abstract

• Patients with pre-COVID contamination symptoms had more fear of COVID-19. • Patients without pre-COVID contamination had the same level of fear as controls. • The symptom subtype of OCD seemed to influence the level of fear of COVID-19.

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Mortier et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e650b4b6db6435875e135f https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2024.100889

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