Non-delusional pathological jealousy as an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder: Cognitive-behavioural conceptualization and some treatment suggestions

Ecker, Willi

doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2012.04.003

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“…Patients are involved with compulsive rituals and passive avoidance in OCD, and finally with the "illusion of control" in obsessive jealousy and believe that selfguarding love relationships are possible with magical thinking/superstitious behavior (26,27).…”

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Obsessional Jealousy: A Narrative Literature Review

Sheikhmoonesi

2017

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Context: Obsessive jealousy is a highly disturbing disorder that is usually unrecognized, as most studies are concerned with delusional jealousy. The aim of the present article was to provide a narrative review of studies conducted on obsessional jealousy and associated factors. Evidence Acquisition: A literature search was conducted using electronic databases, including MEDLINE/Pubmed, g fmoonesi@yahoo.ca google scholar, Psycho INFO, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Scopus for articles published between 1976 and April 2016. Results: The core of jealous concerns was found to be different between males and females. Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) had greater concerns about their partner than healthy individuals. Studies suggested a phenomenological overlap between OCD and obsessional jealousy, for which anti-OCD treatment could be useful. Conclusions: Different terms were found for symptoms associated with obsessive jealousy, such as cognitive jealousy or neurotic jealousy. The term obsessional jealousy should be standardized in psychiatry reference books. It could be used in scales applied for diagnosis and evaluation of OCD.

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“…The exposure and response prevention model, which is used in the treatment of obsessive compulsive behaviors (5), could be helpful for the treatment of jealous behaviors that show a compulsive element (27). The patient is exposed to cues, which provoke jealousy-related behavior and he/she avoids such behavior (5).…”

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Obsessional Jealousy: A Narrative Literature Review

Sheikhmoonesi

2017

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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“…Some Parkinson's disease patients also develop pathological jealousy symptoms while taking dopamine agonist drugs (Poletti et al, 2012). Obsessional jealousy on the other hand tends to be treated with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors in view of its similarities with obsessive compulsive disorder and depressive rumination (Stein et al, 1994;Marazziti, 2003;Ecker, 2012), or serotonin agonists (Almeida, 2017). However, these drugs are primarily targeting the symptoms of pathological jealousy rather than the nature of the romantic bond between partners and this has led to consideration of potential therapeutic effects of targeting neuropeptides such as oxytocin which can influence both the formation and maintenance of partner bonds (Kendrick et al, 2017).…”

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“…As such it is a negative emotion involving feelings of resentment, deception, hurt and loss of trust. While jealousy is a widely experienced emotion it is generally considered pathological (morbid) when it goes beyond the level of possessiveness considered acceptable by society (Ecker, 2012). The current review aims to summarize our current understanding of the different forms of pathological romantic jealousy and its neural and neurochemical control and then focusses on the potential for intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin for reducing it through its actions on strengthening and maintaining romantic bonds and interactions with dopamine and serotonin.…”

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Neural and Molecular Contributions to Pathological Jealousy and a Potential Therapeutic Role for Intranasal Oxytocin

Zheng

Kendrick

2021

Front. Pharmacol.

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Romantic jealousy, especially in its pathological form, is a significant contributor to both domestic abuse, including partner sexual coercion and even murder, although relatively little research has been conducted on it. Both obsessive and delusional forms have been identified although only the latter is currently recognized as a pathological disorder. Studies in both clinical and healthy populations have identified altered fronto-striatal responsivity as being associated primarily with romantic jealousy and to date drug based treatments have targeted both dopaminergic and serotonergic systems. However, there is increasing interest in a potential role for the neuropeptide oxytocin, which can also modulate dopaminergic and serotonin systems in the brain and has been shown to altered in other psychotic conditions, such as schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder. Recent studies in healthy populations have reported that when oxytocin is administered intranasally it can influence the brain to promote strengthening of romantic bonds and reduce romantic jealousy in both men and women evoked in either imagined or real contexts. These findings indicate a possible therapeutic use of intranasal oxytocin administration in pathological jealousy.

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“… 3 A non-psychotic type may be more common 4 and has clear phenomenological overlaps with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 5 Furthermore, the DSM-5 included “Obsessional Jealousy” under the section “other specified obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.”…”

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