Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest a number of different variables that may play a role in the development and maintenance of obsessive compulsive symptoms [Freeston, M. H., Rhéaume, J., & Ladouceur, R. (1996) Correcting faulty appraisals of obsessional thoughts. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 433-446]. This study's aim was to verify the effect of perfectionism...

To explore the role of the thought enhancement and thought rebound effects in obsessionality, the relationship between obsessional symptomology and responding during and after the attempted suppression of unpleasant personal intrusive thoughts was examined. Ss first completed the Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) [Rachman and Hodgson, 1980]. Later, Ss indicated their most frequent ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of combining cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and medication in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD Twenty-nine subjects diagnosed with OCD according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) criteria were recruited through the Anxiety Clinic of Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. They were evaluated at baseline an...

Demographic, clinical, and forensic data were gathered in an archival study of 82 female stalkers from the United States, Canada, and Australia. Female stalkers were predominantly single, heterosexual, educated individuals in their mid 30s who had pursued their victims for more than a year. Major mental disorder and personality disorder were suggested, especially borderline personality disorder...

BACKGROUND We aimed to examine the effct of anti-obsessional drugs on pituitary gland volumes in the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS A group of patients with OCD and of healthy controls were evaluated by using pituitary gland magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline and after twelve weeks of treatment with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors or...

A caseofobsessionaldisorder isdescribedin which a combination of tranylcypromine and thought stopping was effective in markedly reducing obsessional ruipinations. Thought stopping appearsto have had a major role in preventing relapseon withdrawal of the tranylcypromine. Isberg (1981) and Jemke (1981) have reviewed the literature regarding the response of obsessivecompulsivedisorders to monoamin...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the causal relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs about thought suppression and intrusive thoughts. We conducted structural equation modeling using a cross-lagged effect model and a synchronous effect model. Results revealed that the Paradoxical Effect subscale score synchronously increased the frequency of intrusive thoughts. On the othe...

This paper will consider the ways in which children take part in two distinct branches of horse sport, equestrianism and horseracing, focusing on their historical separateness and their more recent rapprochement through the development of pony racing. Using material from a recent study of children and horseracing, it will demonstrate that most racecourses still see youngsters as passive consume...