Reduced fear-of-self is associated with improvement in concerns related to repugnant obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: The current study thus replicated previous research suggesting the relevance of the feared possible self in psychological disorders such as OCD, where negative self-perception is a dominant theme. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Current results suggest that changes in feared self-perceptions may be the mechanism through which OCD symptoms improve via therapy. Interventions specifically aimed at changing feared self-perceptions may prove effective in improving cognitive-behavioural treatments for OCD. One limitation of the current study is the lack of behavioural measures of OCD to supplement self-report measures of OCD. Another limitation is that the small number of patients receiving some of the treatments precludes investigations into which treatments may be more effective in altering feared self-perceptions. PMID: 30548626 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Clinical Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Br J Clin Psychol Source Type: research