HOW DOES INTERACTION QUALITY BETWEEN A PATIENT AND HIS FAMILY IMPACT OCD OUTCOME?
The intricate tapestry of relationships has a profound influence on the trajectory of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related psychopathologies. Recent research illuminates the pivotal role of expressed emotion (EE) – the emotions conveyed by loved ones towards a patient – in shaping the course of the illness. EE serves as a barometer, reflecting the quality […]
WHAT TRIGGERS OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER?
Negative priming is a cognitive paradigm (i.e., model) used in clinical research to refer to a delay in response or an increase in errors when responding to an item that was previously ignored. The set up is as follows; in a first trial (called control condition), you are asked to ignore the word “red” and […]
IS INSIGHT (AWARENESS OF ONE’S ILLNESS) IMPORTANT TO OVERCOME OCD?
Metacognition is defined as “cognition about cognition” or “thinking about thinking”. Precisely, it refers to the mental processes used to plan, monitor, and assess one’s understanding and performance (e.g., awareness that you have difficulty in mathematics, or reminding yourself to remember a person’s name). The importance of metacognitive processes is pertinent in the formation and […]