Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder Following COVID-19: Shared Mechanisms and Primary Care Management
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https://doi.org/10.48047/tb19m418Keywords:
obsessive-compulsive disorder; illness anxiety disorder; COVID-19; primary careAbstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic produced sustained psychological consequences that extended beyond the acute infectious period. Fear of infection, repeated public-health messaging, social isolation, uncertainty, exposure to illness-related information, and disruption of usual healthcare pathways contributed to increased anxiety, contamination concerns, compulsive behaviors, and excessive preoccupation with health. These effects were particularly relevant to obsessive-compulsive disorder and illness anxiety disorder, two conditions that may overlap in their presentation through recurrent health-related thoughts, reassurance seeking
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