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2025

Müller, C.L., Jelinek, L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Scheunemann, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., Abramovitch, A., Cludius, B. (2025) Four                Questions for Clarity: A First Investigation of the German Version of the OCI-4 as an Ultra-Brief Screening Tool for                      Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 45: 100953. PDF
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Müller, C. L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Jelinek, L., Lohse, L., Ehring, T., Noll-Hussong, M., Berberich, G., Wahl-Kordon, A., Borgelt, J.,
        McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Abramovitch, A., Cludius, B. (2025) Translation and Validation of the German 12-Item                            Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI-12) in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe. 

Kapadia, A., Thornton, L. M., Munn-Chernoff, M. A., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Yilmaz, Z., Crowley, J. J., Bulik, C.            M., Watson, H. J. (2025) Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with a history of eating disorders. Journal of                  Affective Disorders 375, 496-507. PDF


Moritz, S., Leucht, S., Hoyer, L., Schmotz, S., Abramovitch, A. & Jelinek, L. (2025) Towards the DSM-6: The intersection of OCD                and psychosis: Expert perspectives on insight in the diagnosis of OCD. Psychiatry Research 344: 116306. PDF

Moritz, S., Hoyer, L.M., Sarna, N., Abramovitch, A., Curran, C., De Nadai, A.S., Schmotz, S. (2025) Quo vadis DSM-6? An expert                survey on the classification, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis of body-focused repetitive behaviors. Comprehensive              Psychiatry 136:152534. PDF

Şimşek, M., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., Arman, S., & Abramowitz, J.S. (2025). The Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder                    Scale - Child Version: Adaptation, psychometric properties and norms in Turkish Culture.                                                                Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 89 (1), 70-91. PDF

2024

McKay, D., White, E., Abramovitch, A.,  Abramowitz, J.S., & Behar, E. (2024). Social Justice and ABCT: The Specter of                                Unintended Consequences. The Behavior Therapist 47(8), 382–387. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Duncan, B., Schuyler, M., Geller, A. D. (2024) The Psychosocial and Educational Burden of Obsessive-                          Compulsive Disorders in youth. Journal of Affective Disorders 367, 378-385. PDF

Moritz, S., Schmotz, S., Hoyer, L. & Abramovitch, A. (2024). Motives for performing body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs):            Similarities to and differences from non-suicidal self-injurious and stereotypic movement behaviors. Cognitive Therapy              and Research 48, 1248-1254. ​PDF

Myers, N. S., Juel, E. K., Friedman, J. B., Ojalehto, H. J., Tadross, M. E., DuBois, C. M., Abramovitch, A., McKay, D., & Abramowitz, J.            S. (2024) 
The Contribution of Inferential Confusion and Fear of Self to Psychological Models of Obsessive-                                  Compulsive Symptoms: A Dimensional Approach. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 41: 100875. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Uwadiale, A., Robinson, A. (2024) A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Gamified App for the Treatment of                            Perfectionism. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 63, pp 63-71. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Herrera, T., & Etherton, J. L. (2024). A Neuropsychological Study of  Misophonia. Journal of Behavior Therapy                and Experimental Psychiatry 83: 101897. PDF

2023

Abramovitch, A., Robinson, A., Buckley, M., Demet Ç., de Putter, L., Timpano, K., (2023) Are student cohorts with                                        psychopathology representative of general clinical populations? The case for OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and            Related Disorders 37: 100807. PDF

2022

Schuyler, M., Duncan, B., Geller, D.A., Abramovitch, A. (2022). The Psychosocial and Educational Burden of Obsessive-                          Compulsive Disorder in youth. Neuropsychopharmacology 47 (Supll. 1), pp. 308-308. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., McKay, D., Cham, H., Anderson. K.S., Farrell, L., Geller, D.A., Hanna, G.L., Mathieu, S., McGuire,            J.F., Rosenberg, D.R., Stewart, S.E., Storch, E.A., Wilhelm, S. (2022) An Ultra-Brief Screening Scale for Pediatric Obsessive-          Compulsive Disorder: The OCI-CV-5. Journal of Affective Disorders 312, 208-216. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., McKay, D., Cham, H., Anderson. K.S.**, Farrell, L., Geller, D.A.,Hanna, G.L., Mathieu, S.,                           McGuire, J.F., Rosenberg, D.R., Stewart, S.E., Storch, E.A., Wilhelm, S. (2022) The OCI-CV-R: A Revision of the Obsessive-                   Compulsive Inventory - Child Version. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 86: 102532. PDF
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2021
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Kashyap, H.,*Abramovitch, A.* (2021) Neuropsychological research in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Current status                          and future directions. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12:721601. *Equal contribution. PDF

Soref, A., Liberman, N., Abramovitch, A., Poznanski, Y., & Dar, R. (2021) Intact Capacity for implicit Learning in Obsessive-                      Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 73: 101667. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Short, T., Schweiger, A. (2021) The C Factor: Cognitive Dysfunction as a Transdiagnostic Dimension in                         Psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review, 86: 102007. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.S., McKay, D. (2021) The OCI-12: A syndromally valid modification of the obsessive-                                compulsive inventory-revised. Psychiatry Research. PDF

Abramovitch, A., De Nadai, A., Geller, D.A. (2021) Neurocognitive endophenotypes in pediatric obsessive-compulsive                             disorder probands, their unaffected parents, and siblings. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological                             Psychiatry, 110: 110283. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J., McKay, D. (2021) The OCI-4: An Ultra-Brief Screening Scale for Obsessive-Compulsive                        Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 78: 102354. PDF


2020
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Fullana, M. A.*, Abramovitch, A.*, Via, E., López-Sola, C., Goldberg X., Reina, N., Fortea L., Solanes,  A., Buckley M. J., Ramella                    Cravaro, V., Carvalho, A. F., Tortella-Feliu, M., Vieta, E., Soriano-Mas, C.,  Lázaro, L., Stein, D., J., Fernández de la Cruz, L.,                  Mataix-Cols, D.,  Radua, J. (2020) Diagnostic biomarkers for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A reasonable quest or                      ignis fatuus? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 118, 504-513. *Equal Contribution. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J., McKay, D (2020) Severity Benchmarks and Contemporary Clinical Norms for the Obsessive-
​         Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R)
. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 27, ​100557. PDF

Robinson, A., Abramovitch, A. (2020) A Neuropsychological Investigation of Perfectionism. Behavior Therapy 51
(3), 488-502.                   PDF

2019

Abramovitch A., Brunner, D., McCormack, B., Johnson, M., Wofford, N. (2019) The impact of symptom-severity on cognitive
          function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis.
Clinical Psychology Review 67, 36-44.
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Leonard, K., Abramovitch, A. (2019) Cognitive functions in young adults with generalized anxiety disorder. European Psychiatry              56, 1-7. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Anholt, G., Cooperman, A., van Balkom, A., Giltay E., Penninx, B., van Oppen, P. (2019) Body Mass Index in                Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 245, 145-151. PDF

2018

Soref, A., Liberman, N., Abramovitch, A., Dar., R. (2018) Explicit Instructions Facilitates Performance of OCD Participants but            Impairs Performance of non-OCD Participants on the Serial Reaction Time Task. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 55, 56-62.                 PDF

Abramovitch, A., Anholt, G., Raveh-Gottfried, S., Hamo, N., Abramowitz, J.A. (2018) Meta- Analysis of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in           Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Neuropsychology Review 28​(1), 111-120. PDF

Hamo, N., Abramovitch, A., Zohar, A. (2018) A computerized neuropsychological investigation of cognitive function in a
        subclinical obsessive-compulsive sample. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 59, 142-149. PDF

Geller, D.A., Abramovitch, A., Mittelman, A., Stark, A., Ramsey, K., Cooperman, A., Baer, L., Stewart, S.E. (2018) Neurocognitive
        function in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 19(2), 142-151. PDF

2017

Siev, J., Abramovitch, A., Ogen, G., Burstein, A., Asala, H., Huppert, J.D. (2017) Religion, Moral Thought-Action Fusion, and               Obsessive-Compulsive Features in Israeli Muslims and Jews. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. PDF

Brunner, D., Abramovitch, A., Etherton, J. (2017) A Yoga Program for Cognitive Enhancement. PLOS One 12(8), e0182366. PDF

McKay, D., Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J.A., Deacon, B. (2017) Association and Causation in Brain Imaging: The Case of
      OCD. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(6), 597-597. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Hallion, L.S., Reese, H., Woods, D.W., Peterson, A., Walkup, J.T., Piacentini, J., Scahill, L., Deckersbach, T.,
      Wilhelm, S. (2017) Neurocognitive predictors of treatment response to randomized treatment in adults with tic
      disorders. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 74, 9-14. PDF

​2016

Abramovitch, A., McKay, D. (2016) Behavioral Impulsivity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Behavioral
      Addictions 5(3), 395-397. PDF

Braga, T.D., Abramovitch, A., Fontenelle, L.F., Ferrão, Y.A., Gomes, J.B., Vivan, A.S., Ecker, K.K.,Bortoncello, C.F.,Mittelman, A.,

      Miguel, E.C., Trentini, C.M., Cordioli, A.V., (2016) Neuropsychological predictors of treatment response to cognitive
      behavioral group therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 848-861. PDF

Kalanthroff, E., Abramovitch, A., Steinman, S., Abramowitz, J.S., Simpson, H.B. (2016) The chicken or the egg: What drives
         OCD?
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 11
, 9-12. PDF

Abramovitch, A. (2016) Misdiagnosis of ADHD in Individuals Diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Guidelines for               Practitioners. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry 3(3), 225-234. (Invited Paper). PDF
       
Braga, T.D., Abramovitch, A., Fontenelle, L.F., Ferrão, Y.A., Gomes, J.B., Vivan, A.S., Ecker, K.K.,Bortoncello, C.F.,Mittelman, A.,

      Miguel, E.C., Trentini, C.M., Cordioli, A.V., (2016) Neuropsychological predictors of treatment response to cognitive
      behavioral group therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 848-861. PDF

Rasmussen, J., Siev, J., Abramovitch, A., Wilhelm, S. (2016) Scrupulosity and contamination OCD are not associated with
​         deficits in response inhibition
. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 50, 120-126. PDF


2015

Abramovitch, A., Reese, H., Woods, D.W., Peterson, A., Deckersbach, T., Piacentini, J., Scahill, L., Wilhelm, S. (2015) Psychometric
        properties of a Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Tic Severity in Adults with Tic Disorders
. Behavior Therapy            46(6), 786-796.
PDF

Abramovitch, A., Schweiger, A. (2015) Misuse of neuropsychology in psychiatry research: The intoxicating appeal of neo-
        reductionism
. Invited paper, the Behavior Therapist 38(7), 187-191. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J., Mittelman, A., Stark, A., Ramsey, K., Geller, D.A. (2015) Neuropsychological test performance in
        pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 56(8), 837- 847. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Dar, R., Mittelman, A., Wilhelm, S. (2015). Comorbidity between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and
        obsessive-compulsive disorder across the life span: A systematic and critical review.
Harvard Review of Psychiatry 23(4),            1-18. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Schweiger, A., Mittelman, A., Tankersley, A.P., Abramowitz, J.S. (2015) Neuropsychological investigations in
        obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review of methodological challenges
. Psychiatry Research
        228,
112-120. PDF


Abramovitch, A. Cooperman, A. (2015) The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Critical
        Review
. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 5, 24-36. PDF


Thompson-Hollands, J., Abramovitch, A., Tompson, M.C., Barlow, D.H. (2015) A randomized clinical trial of a brief family
        intervention to reduce accommodation in obsessive-compulsive disorder
. Behavior Therapy 46(2), 218-229. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Shaham, N., Levin, L., Bar-Hen, M., Schweiger, A. (2015). Response inhibition in a subclinical obsessive-
        compulsive sample.
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 46, 66-71. PDF

Goldzweig, G., Abramovitch, A., Brenner, B., Perry, S., Peretz, T., Baider, L. (2015) Expectations and level of satisfaction of
        patients and their physicians: Concordance and discrepancies
. Psychosomatics 50(5), 521-529.

Abramovitch, A., Pizzagalli, D.A., Geller, D.A., Reuman, L., Wilhelm, S. (2015). Cigarette smoking in obsessive-
        compulsive disorder and unaffected parents of OCD patients.
European Psychiatry 30(1), 137-144. PDF


2014

Pauls, D.L., Abramovitch, A., Rauch, S.L., Geller, D.A. (2014). The neuroscience of obsessive-compulsive disorder: An integrative
        genetic and neurobiological perspective.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15, 410-424. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J. (2014). Improbability of response inhibition as a causal etiological factor of obsessive-
       compulsive disorder.
Psychiatry Research 217(3), 253-254. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Pizzagalli, D.A., Reuman, L., Wilhelm, S. (2014). Anhedonia in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Beyond
        comorbid depression.
Psychiatry Research 216(2), 223-229. PDF


2013

Abramovitch, A., Abramowitz, J., Mittelman, A. (2013). The Neuropsychology of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-
        analysis.
Clinical Psychology Review 33(8), 1163-1171. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Doron, G., Sar-El, D., Altenburger, E. (2013). Subtle threats to moral self-perceptions trigger obsessive-
       compulsive related cognitions.
Cognitive Therapy and Research 37(6), 1132-1139. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Goldzweig, G., Schweiger, A. (2013). Correlates of physical activity with intrusive thoughts, worry and
       impulsivity in adults with attention deficit\hyperactivity disorder: A cross-sectional pilot study
. Israel Journal of Psychiatry           and Related Sciences 50(1), 47-54. PDF


Abramovitch, A., Dar, R., Mittelman, A., Schweiger, A. (2013). Don't judge a book by its cover: ADHD-like symptoms in obsessive           compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 2(1), 53-61. PDF

2012

Abramovitch, A., Mittelman, A., Henin, A., Geller, D.A. (2012). Neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings in pediatric OCD: A          review and developmental considerations. Neuropsychiatry 2(4), 1-17. PDF

Abramovitch, A., Dar, R., Hermesh, H., Schweiger, A. (2012). Comparative neuropsychology of adult obsessive-compulsive
        disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Implications for a novel executive overload model of OCD
. Journal              of Neuropsychology 6(2), 161-191. PDF


2011

Abramovitch, A., Dar, R., Schweiger, A., Hermesh, H. (2011). Neuropsychological impairments and their association with
        obsessive-compulsive symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 26(4), 364-                  376. PDF


2009

Abramovitch, A., Schweiger, A. (2009). Unwanted intrusive and worrisome thoughts in adults with attention deficit\hyperactivity          disorder. Psychiatry Research 168(3), 230-233. PDF

2007

Schweiger, A., Abramovitch, A., Doniger, G.E., Simon E.S. (2007). A clinical construct validity study of a novel computerized
         battery for the diagnosis of ADHD in young adults.
Journal of clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 29(1), 100-111.
PDF

Book Chapters


Abramovitch, A. (2017) Neuropsychological Function in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In M. Pittenger, (Ed.).                                        Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Phenomenology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (pp. 149-160). New York City, Oxford                        University Press.
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Abramovitch, A., Berman, A., Calkins, A., Wilhelm, S. (2014). Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders. In P. Blaney & R.F.
          Krueger & T. Millon (Eds.). Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology 3rd Ed (pp. 163-190). New York City, Oxford University Press.

Abramovitch, A., Elliott, C.M., Steketee, G., Wilson, A., Wilhelm, S. (2014). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Assessment and
         Treatment.
In P. Emmelkamp & T. Ehring (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Anxiety Disorders (pp.1111-1144). Chichester, UK:
         John Wiley and Sons.

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