Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Subject "OCD"
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An experimental study of hand washing in people with high and normative contamination fear
(Elsevier, 2021-01)Compulsions are the hall mark of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) but there has been surprisingly little research on their phenomenology and persistence, and much of this work has focused on checking compulsions. The ... -
Fear of Guilt in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a significantly impairing anxiety disorder for which the most successful treatment, cognitive behaviour therapy, has 50-60% success rates, taking into account treatment refusals and ... -
An in vivo study of compulsions
(Elsevier, 2021-07)Leading models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) assume that compulsions are enacted to neutralize distress over obsessions. However, lab-based research suggests that once a compulsion starts factors other than distress ... -
On Obsessions: A Phenomenology of Doubt, Images, and the Obsessive-Compulsive Chronological Structure in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-22)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating disorder that is heterogeneous in presentation and difficult to treat. Nearly half of treatment-seeking individuals do not benefit fully from therapy, and success rates ... -
The persistence of compulsive checking: The role of distrust in attention and perception
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)A growing literature suggests that individuals repeatedly check in part because they lack confidence in their memories for previously-completed actions. It has also been hypothesized that the cognitive distrust demonstrated ... -
Understanding repeated actions: Examining factors beyond anxiety in the persistence of compulsions
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-06)Two decades of research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has helped us develop a strong understanding of why obsessions are often followed by the performance of a compulsive act. What we have understood less well is ... -
Verbal Repetition in the Reappraisal of Contamination-Related Thoughts
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the alteration of the relationship one has towards one’s thoughts, rather than attempting to change the content of thoughts. It seeks to promote ... -
View from a Body: Situating the Lived Experience of Painful Obsessions and Compulsions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Painful obsessions and compulsions have been traditionally consigned to the realm of mental illness. However, an investigation into the lived experience of these tendencies demonstrates that they constitute embodied forms ...