Survivors don’t owe anyone their stories. Yet, when women do share, delayed disclosures can be met w/ questions/doubt. Research on #betrayaltrauma + #institutionacourage can help people understand silence + action. @jjfreyd.bsky.social theconversation.com/psychologica...
Wonderful, great timing! Please feel free to make use of any of the clinical handouts on this topic I have available under the Resources tab at www.cmpinciotti.com !
sense of control or predictability intended to prevent revictimization. This work suggests that the function underlying compulsions may differ as a function of trauma and that these associations are important to address in treatment. Article: www.researchgate.net/publication/... /7
suggesting that sexual abuse may make the emergence of these behaviors more likely and, when combined, interfere with effective treatment, likely because they are serving trauma-related functions to 1) remove perceived contamination related to sexual violations and 2) obtain a /6
the broader structure, which included only picking and pulling, offering further support for the unique association between trauma exposure and just right. Longer lengths of treatment stay were associated with sexual abuse through Cleanliness and Certainty Seeking compulsions, /5
evidenced many similarities to the more general OCD structure, with notable exceptions. An Absolution factor of behaviors intended to absolve perceived wrongdoing emerged only in the trauma sample, and Body Focus was characterized by more just right behaviors compared to /4
analysis, we sought to conceptualize the underlying function of compulsions based on trauma using factor analyses, and evaluate how clusters of compulsions may interact with trauma type to impact treatment outcomes. The factor structure that came from the trauma only subsample /3
…which evidenced moderate agreement with the YBOCS yet went beyond many predetermined categories. We found these compulsions were prevalent at different rates and differentially impacted treatment outcomes based on trauma exposure (Pinciotti et al 2025). In this tertiary /2
Trying to get back on my 🚨publication alert🚨 game. Here’s a new one using really unique mixed methods data from intensive OCD treatment. In an earlier paper (Pinciotti et al 2023), I extracted 5540 compulsions from patient charts and coded into 62 discrete compulsions… /1
On this one year anniversary of the devastating LA Fires, please consider participating in and sharing this study about the mental health impact of the fires one year later.
Anonymous survey available at: bcmpsych.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Looking forward to presenting at the virtual OCD Training School Learning Summit March 5-6, 2026! Join me by registering at ocdtrainingschool.com/ocd-training-school-learning-summit/4yk3k
Use EARLYBIRDSUMMIT through Nov 18 for the early bird discount of $175 for 28 CEs and fun experiential sessions!
I’m recruiting a new postdoc to join my team at RFU! If you’re interested in LGBTQ+ youth, bi+ mental health, and/or longitudinal/ESM data, consider applying! Prefer a Feb/Mar start date, but open to later. Prefer in-person, but open to remote. For more: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Sharing a great consultation opportunity for licensed therapists who want to learn more about supporting LGBTQIA+ clients through OCD treatment 👇🏻
…listen and share! The brief, anonymous survey is available at tinyurl.com/57U9Y3PM or you can email us at NationalOCDSurvey@bcm.edu. /4
…and to @colinwoodard.bsky.social for his pioneering work on the eleven distinct regions that define the United States, which we’ve relied on heavily for this study. As you'll hear in the episode, we are still seeking participants 18+ with OCD in South Florida OR southern Louisiana, so please /3
This study has been a real highlight in my career and after two full years of recruitment and 3,000+ participants, it's very gratifying to be able to share these findings! This study has truly taken a village and I’m so grateful to my study team at the @bcmstorchlab.bsky.social, my collaborators, /2
I joined Kevin Foss & Jon Hershfield on the FearCast Podcast to talk about The National OCD Survey and how & why OCD themes like contamination, moral and religious scrupulosity, and sexual orientation are more or less common in different regions of the United States: youtu.be/ZU4cw4Pniuk?... /1
📢 Call for unpublished data for a meta-analysis on bisexual people's experiences of "double discrimination" (from heterosexual and lesbian/gay sources)!
Details: tinyurl.com/yc75amzb
Email/DM by 9/5/25!
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They are, so pure and uncomplicated. My boy Otis ❤️
As someone who just endured this agony, I’m wishing you the strength, clarity, and grace you need to get through. Some things are more important than balls and courts. So sorry you’re going through this
📣 Hey southern Louisianans! 📣
🟣Do you have OCD?
🟡Do you want to help make sure national OCD research includes your unique experiences?
🟢 Do you have 10 minutes to spare??
If so, please complete our anonymous survey at: tinyurl.com/57U9Y3PM or NationalOCDSurvey@bcm.edu
& please share widely! ⚜️
Huge shoutout to the massive multinational team who supported this work and to my co-authors, especially Matti Cervin for his statistical brilliance and Eric Storch for his leadership on this project and the Y-BOCS-II. Free access for 50 days: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
These benchmarks represent an upward shift of moderate and severity score ranges compared to the Y-BOCS. A lack of participants in the CGI category “among the most extremely ill” precluded our ability to provide more nuance in the “severe” range (eg, “extreme/debilitating OCD”) /5
Total Y-BOCS-II scores were compared against Clinical Global Impression-Severity scores (1-7). Suggested benchmarks were: 0-14 (non/subclinical), 15-21 (mild), 22-34 (moderate), and 35-50 (severe). These were similar across gender and age groups /4
We used a sample of 3,061 participants collected from 2 samples: the LATINO study, representing Latin American/Hispanic children and adults (7-89 years) from 12 countries and a holdout sample of 78 children and adults (15-78 years) from outpatient psychiatry clinics in China /3
Benchmarks for the Y-BOCS were recently updated (Cervin at el 2022) yet benchmarks had yet to be established for the Y-BOCS-II which has, among other changes, a higher total score severity ceiling (50 instead of 40) to better capture the most debilitating OCD cases. /2
🚨 New publication 🚨 I’m proud to share our recent work establishing severity benchmarks for the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-2nd Edition in a multinational sample. /1
Can’t wait to dive into two studies that have been so near and dear for many years. Hope to see you at the annual IOCDF conference in Chicago this weekend!
🌟New publication!🌟
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief Intervention for Youth Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Pediatric Primary Care Providers
It was great to be part of the team on this project. I’m excited about continuing this work! @cmpinciotti.bsky.social
#suicideprevention
It was a massive team effort and couldn’t have done it without you!