Excessive checking for non-anxiogenic stimuli in obsessive-compulsive disorder - 04/10/13
, K. N’Diaye a, T. Baroukh b, J.-B. Pochon a, M. Morgiève a, E. Hantouche c, B. Falissard b, A. Pelissolo d, L. Mallet aBienvenido a EM-consulte, la referencia de los profesionales de la salud.
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Abstract |
Background |
Repetitive checking in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) would serve to relieve obsession-related anxiety and/or to compensate memory deficit, but experimental literature on this subject is inconsistent. The main objective is to test the influence of obsession-related anxiety and memory on repetitive checking in OCD.
Methods |
Twenty-three OCD checkers, 17 OCD non-checkers and 41 controls performed a delayed-matching-to-sample task with an unrestricted checking option. Some stimuli were obsession-related in order to measure the influence of anxiety on checking. A version of the task without checking possibility was used to assess memory abilities.
Results |
OCD checkers had similar memory performances but checked more than the other groups when presented with non-anxiogenic stimuli. Level of anxiety associated to the stimulus did not influence the number of checks.
Conclusions |
Increased checking in OCD checkers, being independent of memory abilities and primary obsession-related anxiety, would, therefore, be closer to an automated behaviour than a coping strategy.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Anxiety, Checking, Memory
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| ☆ | Clinical trial number 2007-A00488-45. |
Vol 28 - N° 8
P. 507-513 - octobre 2013 Regresar al número
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