Defining High Functioning OCD (HFOCD)
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Individuals with moderate-to-severe form of OCD symptoms may display exceptional creativity and productivity; the underlying neurobehavioral mechanism of this phenomena is unknown. This study aimed to define the characteristics of individuals who demonstrate high life achievement/creativity and display clinically significant OC symptomatology. The main hypothesis was that OC phenomena is significantly correlated with high levels of creativity, and that individuals displaying this characteristic will demonstrate a neurocognitive profile similar to subjects with clinical OCD. We investigated cognitive, intellectual, emotional and clinical characteristics of real-world high-achievers (HAs, n=28) as compared to “standard achievers” (SAs, n=29) by measuring OC symptoms (Y-BOCS), depressive moods (BDI), levels of creativity/flexibility (Creativity Scale), Verbal and Visual-Spatial Reasoning proficiency and psychometric IQ. Participants attended two testing sessions for neuropsychological and clinical assessment. Using the clinical cut-off scores for Y-BOCS we identified two
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