Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Are hoarding symptoms associated with interpersonally relevant attentional biases? A preliminary investigation
Publication date: Available online 30 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Kimberly A. Arditte Hall, Caitlin A. Stamatis, Ashley M. Shaw, Kiara R. TimpanoAbstractAccording to cognitive-behavioral models of hoarding disorder, positive and negative emotional processing biases may contribute to the core symptoms of clutter, acquiring, and difficulty discarding. In disorders commonly comorbid with hoarding (e.g., depression; anxiety), studies have revealed specific patterns of attentional biases that relate to central symptoms. However, links between hoarding symptoms and biased atten...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Differences in neuropsychological performance between incompleteness- and harm avoidance-related core dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Discussion: The differences observed in neuropsychological task performance are in line with the hypothesis that HA-related symptoms of OCD may be more closely related to generalized anxiety—with poorer performance observed on verbal memory—while INC-related symptoms appear to be associated with executive function and problem-solving deficits. (Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Poor insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Examining the role of Cognitive and metacognitive variables
Publication date: Available online 31 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Heather K. Hood, Gillian A. Wilson, Naomi Koerner, Randi E. McCabe, Karen Rowa, Martin M. AntonyAbstractThe purpose of the current study was to examine the cognitive and metacognitive constructs that conceptually relate to poor insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Associations between various dimensions of insight in OCD (e.g., clinical insight, conviction in one's beliefs) and cognitive and metacognitive variables (e.g., cognitive insight, decentering) were examined. Participants with OCD (N =...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Improving treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Does motivational interviewing boost efficacy?
Publication date: Available online 27 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Randi E. McCabe, Karen Rowa, Nicholas R. Farrell, Lisa Young, Richard P. Swinson, Martin M. AntonyAbstractAlthough exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first line psychological treatment for individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), many people experience partial recovery and others refuse treatment or drop out. This randomized controlled study (n= 40) examined the effect of a three-session motivational interviewing (MI) intervention compared to a three-session relaxation intervention p...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
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Publication date: April 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Volume 21Author(s): (Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Is perfectionism a risk factor for adolescent body dysmorphic symptoms? Evidence for a prospective association.
This study provides preliminary evidence for self-oriented perfectionism being a risk factor for the development of BDD in youth. If replicated, these findings could highlight the potential value of targeting self-oriented perfectionism in prevention and early intervention programs for BDD. (Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
A randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for clinical perfectionism
Publication date: Available online 16 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Clarissa W. Ong, Eric B. Lee, Jennifer Krafft, Carina L. Terry, Tyson S. Barrett, Michael E. Levin, Michael P. TwohigAbstractClinical perfectionism is characterized by imposing excessively high standards on oneself and experiencing severe distress when standards are not met. It has been found to contribute to the development and maintenance of various clinical presentations including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and eating disorders. The present study tested the efficacy of ten weekly individual sessions ...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Perceived emotion regulation and emotional distress tolerance in patients with hoarding disorder
Publication date: Available online 11 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Blaise Worden, Hannah C. Levy, Akanksha Das, Benjamin W. Katz, Michael Stevens, David F. TolinAbstractEmotional distress tolerance (EDT) and emotion regulation (ER) appear to be highly relevant to hoarding pathology, as excessive saving and/or acquiring may be motivated by emotional avoidance or other attempts to regulate negative affect. While findings with nonclinical samples have suggested and EDT/ER predicts hoarding symptoms, there is little data on clinical samples. The aim of the current study was to...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Emotional processing and disgust sensitivity in OCD patients with and without contamination-type obsessive-compulsive symptoms – An fMRI study.
ConclusionsBrain activation during distress processing in OCD is similar across the OCD subtypes and related to effortful emotion regulation, processing of aversive internal states and attention. In contamination-type OCD, the distress response is related to disgust sensitivity, which correlates with brain regions associated with attention and emotion regulation. (Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Measuring harm avoidance, incompleteness, and disgust in youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders
Publication date: Available online 10 May 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Matti Cervin, Sean PerrinAbstractAlongside harm avoidance, incompleteness and disgust have been proposed as important emotion-related motivators underlying the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of the present study was to investigate the validity of self-report and interview-based measures of these constructs in youth with OCD (N = 100) and anxiety disorders (N = 96). All participants completed self-report measures of trait-level harm avoidance and incompleteness (Obsessive-Co...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - May 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
An Iranian study of group acceptance and commitment therapy versus group cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder on an optimal dose of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Mohamad Javad Shabani, Hamid Mohsenabadi, Abdolla Omidi, Eric B. Lee, Michael P. Twohig, Afshin Ahmdvand, Zahra ZanjaniAbstractConducted in Iran, participants included 69 adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who were on a stable selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) dose and were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: group acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)+SSRI, group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)+SSRI, or continued SSRI treatment. Assessment occurred at pre-, po...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - April 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy for Hoarding Disorder: Evaluation of outcomes
This study presents findings from 24 patients with HD referred to a specialist mental health tertiary service in southwest London treated with GCBT in clinical practice. GCBT consisted of 11 or 12 × 2 h closed sessions over a 6-month period for a maximum of 9 individuals per group. Twenty (83%) patients completed the GCBT treatment. Results demonstrated highly significant improvements in hoarding symptoms, symptoms of depression and overall levels of functioning. By treatment end, completing patients evidenced a 32% improvement in severity of hoarding behaviors as assessed by the Savings Inventory-Revised, with 42% ...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - April 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Feelings of incompleteness explain symptoms of OCD and OCPD beyond harm avoidance
We examined the relative strength of harm avoidance and incompleteness in predicting OCD symptom dimensions in a nonclinical sample (n = 238). We also examined the relationship between incompleteness and symptoms of two conditions with phenotypic similarity to OCD—Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Each involves patterns of repetitive, rigid behavior. Hierarchical regressions returned that incompleteness significantly predicted OCD and OCPD symptoms after controlling for harm avoidance; in some cases, the magnitude of association was stronger for incompleteness than f...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - April 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The relationship between cognitive reappraisal strategy and skin picking behaviours in a non-clinical sample depends on personality profile
Publication date: Available online 11 April 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Joanna Kłosowska, Katarzyna Prochwicz, Alina Kałużna-WielobóbAbstractThe purposes of the present study were to: 1. examine the relationship between naturally occurring personality profiles and skin picking in a non-clinical sample; 2. verify whether personality patterns may interact with emotion regulation strategies in their effect on skin picking.The study sample consisted of 240 adults (207 women and 33 men; age M = 23.87; SD = 5.32). Variables were assessed using Temperament and Character ...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - April 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy for Hoarding Disorder: Evaluation of outcomes
This study presents findings from 24 patients with HD referred to a specialist mental health tertiary service in southwest London treated with GCBT in clinical practice. GCBT consisted of 11 or 12 × 2 h closed sessions over a 6-month period for a maximum of 9 individuals per group. Twenty (83%) patients completed the GCBT treatment. Results demonstrated highly significant improvements in hoarding symptoms, symptoms of depression and overall levels of functioning. By treatment end, completing patients evidenced a 32% improvement in severity of hoarding behaviors as assessed by the Savings Inventory-Revised, with 42% ...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - April 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
