Obsessive Compulsive Disorder obsessive neurosis
Conditions
Interventions
nvt
Sponsors
Universiteit Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients will be included when they have a DSM-IV diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Patients are allowed to use SSRI drugs, the use of SSRI's will be controlled for in the analysis. Healthy controls will be age/education matched with the patients included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects will be excluded if they are insufficiently proficient in the Dutch language, and/or if they are addicted to alcohol or drugs; and/or if they are under 18 years of age; and/or if they present symtoms form the psychotic spectrum. Patients who use benzodiazepine drugs will be excluded. Healthy controls will also be excluded when they have any current psychiatric disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| First part: The main study parameters are the ratings of dissociative uncertainty of OCD patients after clinical perseveration or after non-perseverative behaviour. Second part: The main study parameters are the participants* ratings of dissociative uncertainty, the intolerance of dissociative uncertainty and the degree of semantic satiation after perseveratively and non-perseveratively repeating words. Semantic satiation will be determined by measuring reaction times in the relatedness decision task. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| nvt | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed