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Current Psychiatry Reports
Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports 5/2013

01.05.2013 | Anxiety Disorders (DJ Stein, Section Editor)

Recent Advances in Research on Cognition and Emotion in OCD: A Review

verfasst von: Amanda W. Calkins, Noah C. Berman, Sabine Wilhelm

Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Ausgabe 5/2013

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Abstract

The cognitive model of OCD suggests that misinterpreting intrusive thoughts as unacceptable leads to increased anxiety and attempts to suppress or ignore the thoughts through avoidance or compulsive rituals. An insidious negative feedback loop develops as one’s attention focuses on these thoughts and in turn the unwanted thoughts do not respond to efforts to avoid or suppress. This article is a current review of the research on cognitive processes in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We review research that has (1) empirically validated the theoretical underpinnings of the cognitive model, (2) altered maladaptive cognitive processes through state-of-the-art experimental procedures, (3) refined our understanding of the relationship between obsessive beliefs and OC symptoms and (4) examined how underlying traits (e.g., anxiety and disgust sensitivity) relate to the development and maintenance of OCD. We discuss the clinical implications of this research.
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Metadaten
Titel
Recent Advances in Research on Cognition and Emotion in OCD: A Review
verfasst von
Amanda W. Calkins
Noah C. Berman
Sabine Wilhelm
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2013
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Ausgabe 5/2013
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Elektronische ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-013-0357-4

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