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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Cognitive dysfunction in post-traumatic obsessive–compulsive disorder |
Other Titles: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry |
Authors: | Borges, Manuela C. Braga, Daniela T. Iêgo, Sandro D'Alcante, Carina C. Sidrim, Ilduara Machado, Maria Cristiana Pinto, Paula S. P. Cordioli, Aristides Volpato Rosário, Maria Conceição do Petribú, Kátia Cristina de Lima Mendlowicz, Mauro V. Mari, Jair J. Miguel, Euripedes Constantino Fontenelle, Leonardo F. |
metadata.dc.creator: | Borges, Manuela C. Braga, Daniela T. Iêgo, Sandro D'Alcante, Carina C. Sidrim, Ilduara Machado, Maria Cristiana Pinto, Paula S. P. Cordioli, Aristides Volpato Rosário, Maria Conceição do Petribú, Kátia Cristina de Lima Mendlowicz, Mauro V. Mari, Jair J. Miguel, Euripedes Constantino Fontenelle, Leonardo F. |
Abstract: | Objective: To investigate whether patients who develop obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) after posttraumatic stress disorder, i.e. post-traumatic OCD (PsT-OCD), display a distinctive neurocognitive pattern of dysfunction. Methods: Patients with PsT-OCD (n 16), pre-traumatic OCD (PrT-OCD) (n 18), nontraumatic OCD (NonT-OCD) (n 67) and healthy controls (n 17) had their performance compared on the following neuropsychological tests: the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Iowa Gambling Task, the Wechsler Memory Scale Logical Memory, the Brief Visual Memory Test – Revised, and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale for Intelligence. Results: Patients with OCD, as a group, were characterized by poor set-shifting abilities and impaired verbal and visuospatial memories. Impaired set-shifting abilities were found to correlate with the severity of obsessive–compulsive symptoms in all groups of patients with OCD, with the exception of PsT-OCD. Only patients with PsT-OCD were characterized by impaired visuospatial recognition, which was found to correlate with poor set-shifting abilities in this particular group of patients, but not in individuals with other types of OCD or in healthy controls. Conclusions: Our study suggests that PsT-OCD is associated with a distinctive pattern of neurocognitive dysfunction, thus providing support for a different subtype of OCD. |
Keywords: | Obsessive–compulsive disorder Trauma Post-traumatic stress disorder Neuropsychiatry |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/5580 |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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