Compulsive Behavior
"Compulsive Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ritualistic, yet not pathologically disturbing. Examples of compulsive behavior include twirling of hair, checking something constantly, not wanting pennies in change, straightening tilted pictures, etc.
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D003192
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MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.527.100
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Concept/Terms |
Compulsive Behavior- Compulsive Behavior
- Behavior, Compulsive
- Behaviors, Compulsive
- Compulsive Behaviors
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2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2010 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2015 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Compulsive Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Grant JE, Chamberlain SR. The role of compulsivity in body-focused repetitive behaviors. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 07; 151:365-367.
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Brauer L, Storch EA, Lewin AB, Grant JE. Behavioral activation and inhibition in compulsive buying and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2021 05; 33(2):e2-e7.
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Hook RW, Grant JE, Ioannidis K, Tiego J, Yücel M, Wilkinson P, Chamberlain SR. Trans-diagnostic measurement of impulsivity and compulsivity: A review of self-report tools. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021 01; 120:455-469.
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Romero-Garcia R, Hook RW, Tiego J, Bethlehem RAI, Goodyer IM, Jones PB, Dolan R, Grant JE, Bullmore ET, Yücel M, Chamberlain SR. Brain micro-architecture and disinhibition: a latent phenotyping study across 33 impulsive and compulsive behaviours. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 01; 46(2):423-431.
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Grant JE, Chamberlain SR. Family history of substance use disorders: Significance for mental health in young adults who gamble. J Behav Addict. 2020 Jun; 9(2):289-297.
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Albertella L, Le Pelley ME, Chamberlain SR, Westbrook F, Lee RSC, Fontenelle LF, Grant JE, Segrave RA, McTavish E, Yücel M. Reward-related attentional capture and cognitive inflexibility interact to determine greater severity of compulsivity-related problems. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2020 12; 69:101580.
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Chamberlain SR, Grant JE. Racial-ethnic differences in impulsivity and compulsivity in recreational gambling. Compr Psychiatry. 2020 02; 97:152153.
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Tiego J, Lochner C, Ioannidis K, Brand M, Stein DJ, Yücel M, Grant JE, Chamberlain SR. Problematic use of the Internet is a unidimensional quasi-trait with impulsive and compulsive subtypes. BMC Psychiatry. 2019 11 08; 19(1):348.
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Albertella L, Chamberlain SR, Le Pelley ME, Greenwood LM, Lee RS, Den Ouden L, Segrave RA, Grant JE, Yücel M. Compulsivity is measurable across distinct psychiatric symptom domains and is associated with familial risk and reward-related attentional capture. CNS Spectr. 2020 08; 25(4):519-526.
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Chamberlain SR, Tiego J, Fontenelle LF, Hook R, Parkes L, Segrave R, Hauser TU, Dolan RJ, Goodyer IM, Bullmore E, Grant JE, Yücel M. Fractionation of impulsive and compulsive trans-diagnostic phenotypes and their longitudinal associations. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2019 09; 53(9):896-907.
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