Inpatient hospital admissions for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A position statement by the international college of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders
The inpatient treatment of people with OCD is an important management option that needs to be well considered and managed. Admissions often require close monitoring of risks, additional support to staff who may be unfamiliar with OCD, addressing comorbidity, pharmacotherapy and exposure and response prevention therapy.
Authors
- J. Zohar
- B. Dell'Osso
- Ilenia Pampaloni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7547-4428)
- Vlasios Brakoulias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-4370)
- Luca Pellegrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2855-2865)
- Umberto Albert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-4219)
- Casara Jean Ferretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-935X)
- Nicolaja Girone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-2096)
- Davis N. Mpavaenda
- Stefano Pallanti
- Eric Hollander
- Dan J. Stein
- Naomi A. Fineberg
- Michael Van Ameringen
- Christine Lochner
- Konstantinos Ioannidis
- Samuel R. Chamberlain
- Jose M. Menchon
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust (GB)
- Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge (ES)
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (GB)
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Spectrum Research (United States) (US)
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (IT)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2026.152689
- Primary Topic
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00