objective: thought-action fusion (taf) refers to the tendency to assume incorrect causal relationship between one’s own thoughts and external reality, in which, thoughts and actions are treated as equivalents. this construct is present to development and maintenance of many psychological disorders. the aim of the present study was to predict obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) and its types, an...

OBJECTIVE To describe the cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHOD Through the revision of text books and articles the origins and fundamentals of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder are presented. Through the review of randomized clinical trials and meta-analysis in Medlin...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy delivered by telephone with the same therapy given face to face in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. DESIGN Randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. SETTING Two psychology outpatient departments in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 72 patients with obsessive compulsive disorder. INTERVENTION 10 weekl...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a severe and disabling clinical condition that usually arises in late adolescence or early adulthood and, if left untreated, has a chronic course. Whether this disorder should be classifi ed as an anxiety disorder or in a group of putative obsessive-compulsive-related disorders is still a matter of debate. Biological models of obsessive-compulsive disorder propo...

objective: the fact that some antidepressants with strong effects on serotonin reuptake blockade fail to relieve obsessive-compulsive symptoms has caused growing interest in investigating noradrenergic function in obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) . in light of the above, we undertook a trial to investigate whether the combination of citalopram with nortriptyline is more effective in treating...

we examined the psychometric properties of the arabic version of the obsessive compulsive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44) in a sample of kuwait university students. this questionnaire was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group in order to assess belief domains believed to be crucial in the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms.the arabic version of the obq-44 wa...

abstract   aim and background: the forgetfulness or memory deficit hypothesis in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (ocd) has been used to explain the maintenance of repetitive behaviors in these patients. yet the majority of studies focusing on memory of patients with ocd show mixed results. the aim of this study was to compare of false memory and memory confidence in women with obses...

objective: recent studies on treating obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) have investigated noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) to improve patients’ impaired emotion and cognition. however, such experiments have yielded mixed results, especially with respect to cognition. this study aimed to investigate whether anodal and cathodal tdcs...