Obsessive compulsive beliefs and metacognitions in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a debilitating disorder having a lifetime prevalence of 1% to 3%. A significant number of advances have occurred in understanding the development and treatment of OCD, however, only close to 50% individuals with OCD respond to current interventions. Evaluation of underlying cognitive processes (metacognitive processes) appears to hold promise for advancing treatment outcomes for those who do fully identify having dysfunctional cognitive beliefs. The objective was to assess cognitive and metacognitive beliefs underlying obsessive compulsive behavior. Methodology: Twenty patients with obsessive compulsive disorder were compared with non-patient control sample of 20 participants on measures of obsessive beliefs and metacognitions. The clinical sample was also assessed on measures of obsessive compulsive symptom severity Results: A significantly higher occurrence of obsessive compulsive beliefs and metacognitions in clinical sample and positive correlations between obsessive compulsive symptom severity and cognitive and metacognitive belief domains. In addition, obsessive compulsive beliefs were significantly correlated with certain specific metacognitive domains. Conclusions: The findings suggest that those with OCD endorsed the presence of metacognitive beliefs. The metacognitive beliefs could be considered as underlying motivational process which appears to maintain obsessive compulsive behaviours. This preliminary observation requires further extensive evaluation.
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Nitin Anand, Mahendra Prakash Sharma
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