OCD Flashcards
Esfahani et al. (2012)
High concurrent validity between MOCI and Y-BOCS
Leckman et al. (1994)
Analysis of cerebral spinal fluid and patient accounts of behavior
Oxytocin dysfunction
OCD-type behaviors may be at the extreme end of a normal range of behaviors moderated by the
hormone
Soomro (2008)
Meta-analysis of 17 studies
SSRIs have been found to successfully alleviate the symptoms of OCD
Pampaloni at al. (2009)
Generally higher dosage of medication is given as it has been shown to be more effective
Mattheisen et al. (2015)
Participants: 1406
DRD4 (relate to the uptake of dopamine), PTPRD and SLITRK3
Taj et al. (2013)
Participants: 173
Control group analysis revealed that the 7R allele frequency was significantly greater in OCD
patients than controls
Provides further evidence that DRD4 VNTR polymorphism is associated with OCD
Menzies et al. (2007)
Stop-signal test and MRI
OCD patients and family members scored significantly lower on stop-signal test
OCD patients and family members tended to have less grey matter (neurons) in the Orbital Frontal
Cortex, as shown by an MRI
Rachman (1977)
Obsessive thinking is based on faulty reasoning
Compulsive behavior can be explained through operant conditioning.
Lovell et al. (2006)
CBT delivered by telephone and CBT delivered face-to-face is equally effective
Lehmkuhl et al. (2008)
Exposure and response prevention
Participants: a 12-year-old boy)
The Y-BOCS score dropped from 18 to 3, remaining low after three month follow-up.
Freud
Result of an internal conflict between the id and the ego Conflict arises in the anal stage
MOCI
Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory
30 items scored either true or false
checking, washing, slowness and doubting
Eg I frequently have to check things several times
