Measurement and impacts of intersectionality on obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms across intensive treatment.

Measurement and impacts of intersectionality on obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms across intensive treatment. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2020 Mar 05;: Authors: Wadsworth LP, Potluri S, Schreck M, Hernandez-Vallant A Abstract Historically, intensive obsessive-compulsive and related disorder (OCRD) treatment settings have been underrepresentative in terms of patient race and ethnicity. The present study piloted a novel technique to measure multiple marginalized identities and assess their impact on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and treatment response across intensive residential treatment (IRT). Participants included 715 residents receiving IRT for OCRD. Measures included the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS), Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44, and measures of depression and quality of life. In addition, we piloted a marginalized identity score, an additive measure of intersectionality. Most patients endorsed holding primarily privileged identities. Higher marginalized identity score was significantly correlated with higher depression symptom severity and lower quality of life throughout treatment. Both at baseline and discharge, higher marginalized identity score was significantly and positively correlated with greater OCD symptom severity. Higher marginalized identity score was significantly associated with greater severity of DOCS1, DOCS2, DOCS4, and obsessive belief...
Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Am J Orthopsychiatry Source Type: research