Episodic Memory in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Comparison with Healthy Controls

AuthorArash Manien
AuthorLeila Khabiren
AuthorSaeed Kordiyanen
AuthorAli Sahraianen
OrcidArash Mani [0000-0002-6682-8957]en
OrcidLeila Khabir [0000-0003-4068-9749]en
OrcidAli Sahraian [0000-0001-9691-7363]en
Issued Date2023-03-31en
AbstractBackground: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is identified by intrusive thoughts and related compulsive behaviors. Memory complaints are controversial among obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Objectives: The present study compared verbal, visual, episodic, and semantic memory between obsessive-compulsive disorder patients and healthy controls. Methods: This is a case-control study. The participants included 31 newly diagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder outpatients and 30 healthy controls. The patients were selected using targeted sampling from Emam Reza Polyclinic, affiliated with blinded for peer review. They responded to a demographic checklist, structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I), verbal and visual episodic memory from the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), and autobiographical memory interview (AMI). Results: The results indicated that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with the controls had lower scores in visual (P = 0.0001), verbal (P = 0.006), semantic (P = 0.3), and episodic memory (P = 0.001). Conclusions: All types of memory which were evaluated in the present study were impaired in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Memory impairment might explain the psychiatric symptoms of the disorder.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/semj-115654en
KeywordEpisodic Memoryen
KeywordObsessive-Compulsive Disorderen
KeywordMemory Disorderen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleEpisodic Memory in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Comparison with Healthy Controlsen
TypeResearch Articleen

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
semj-24-3-115654.pdf
Size:
158.86 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article/s PDF