Clinically related or predictive factors and impacts on long-term treatment outcomes of involvement behaviors in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) frequently exhibit involvement behaviors (IBs) in which they accommodate their caregivers to their OCD symptoms by 1) asking them for reassurance, 2) forcing them to participate in their rituals, or 3) forcing them to assist in avoidance according to the patients’ rules or demands. Such behaviors correspond to those of their caregivers, and are referred to as family accommodation (FA).

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yoshinobu Yanagisawa, Naomi Matsuura, Keiichiro Mukai, Akihiro Nakajima, Mikuni Motoyama, Kyosuke Yamanishi, Hisashi Yamada, Kazuhisa Hayashida, Hisato Matsunaga Source Type: research