Everyday memory functioning in obsessive- compulsive disorder.
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Everyday memory functioning in obsessive- compulsive disorder. / Jelinek, Lena; Moritz, Steffen; Heeren, Deike; Naber, Dieter.
In: J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC, Vol. 12, No. 5, 5, 2006, p. 746-749.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Everyday memory functioning in obsessive- compulsive disorder.
AU - Jelinek, Lena
AU - Moritz, Steffen
AU - Heeren, Deike
AU - Naber, Dieter
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Memory performance in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is discussed as a pathogenetic risk factor for the emergence of OCD, particularly checking compulsions. At present, however, findings are mixed and little is known about memory performance in tasks relevant to everyday functioning in patients with OCD. For the present study, memory performance was assessed in 31 patients diagnosed with OCD and 33 healthy controls with the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT), which covers a wide range of verbal and nonverbal memory components as well as prospective memory. OCD patients performed comparably to healthy controls on the memory task for verbal, nonverbal, and prospective memory (p > .1). According to norm values, memory performance was unimpaired in most OCD patients. The present findings further challenge a broad account of the "memory deficit" hypothesis of OCD and compulsive checking, respectively.
AB - Memory performance in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is discussed as a pathogenetic risk factor for the emergence of OCD, particularly checking compulsions. At present, however, findings are mixed and little is known about memory performance in tasks relevant to everyday functioning in patients with OCD. For the present study, memory performance was assessed in 31 patients diagnosed with OCD and 33 healthy controls with the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT), which covers a wide range of verbal and nonverbal memory components as well as prospective memory. OCD patients performed comparably to healthy controls on the memory task for verbal, nonverbal, and prospective memory (p > .1). According to norm values, memory performance was unimpaired in most OCD patients. The present findings further challenge a broad account of the "memory deficit" hypothesis of OCD and compulsive checking, respectively.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 12
SP - 746
EP - 749
JO - J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC
JF - J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC
SN - 1355-6177
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -
