Evaluation of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT) outcome in patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Analytic Therapy on the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder at clinical levels has elevated symptoms that result in deteriorated psycho-social functions. This study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy on symptoms severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methods: This exploratory empirical study was a clinical trial that used quasi-experimental design to systemically investiga...

Cognitive Process in Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study

Introduction: In recent studies, deficit in cognitive process has been investigated as one of the etiological hypotheses in a wide range of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This research aimed to compare cognitive process in patients with OCD and healthy groups. Methods: In the current cross-sectional analytic study, 43 patients with OCD and 43 healthy individuals matched with gender, age,...

The Impact of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

BACKGROUND It is often suggested that, in general, co-morbid personality disorders are likely to interfere with CBT based treatment of Axis I disorders, given that personality disorders are regarded as dispositional and are therefore considered less amenable to change than axis I psychiatric disorders. AIMS The present study aimed to investigate the impact of co-occurring obsessive-compulsive...

Evaluation of cognitive-analytic therapy (CAT) outcome in patients with panic disorder.

Two categories of treatment have been shown to be effective in treating panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. One is pharmacotherapy using antidepressants and benzodiazepinesand the other is psychotherapy. The present study aims at the assessment of the outcome of Cognitive-Analytic Therapy (CAT), a type of brief psychotherapy, in a sample of 128 psychiatricoutpatients with DSM-IV diagnos...

The Obsessive – Compulsive Personality Disorder, Approached by Cognitive-behavioural Therapy