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...

The transactional cognitive vulnerability to stress model Hankin & Abramson (Psychological Bulletin, 127:773-796, 2001) extends the traditional diathesis-stress model by proposing that the relationships among cognitions, depressive symptoms, and stressors are dynamic and bidirectional. In this study three different pathways among these variables were assessed simultaneously: (1) cognitive vulne...

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether self-reports cognitive symptoms were associated with test performances. Methods sample included 112 Canadian Football League (CFL) athletes who diagnosed using CFL concussion protocols. All participants underwent a assessment at baseline and prior medical clearance. battery the immediate post-concussion testing (ImPACT) Post-C...

BACKGROUND Involuntary movements, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and cognitive impairment are all part of the symptom triad in Huntington's disease (HD). Despite the fact that neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline may be early manifestations of HD, the clinical diagnosis is conventionally based on the presence of involuntary movements and a positive genetic test for the HD CAG repeat expa...

This paper outlines cognitive approaches to understanding and treating positive psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions, and dissociations. Recent cognitive accounts of psychosis are reviewed along with the claim that it is not the symptoms themselves but cognitive and meta-cognitive appraisals (attributions and beliefs) about the significance of the symptoms that cause distress a...

OBJECTIVE We sought to examine the nature and extent of agreement on cognitive symptoms reported by people aging with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their primary caregivers and the factors associated with disagreement. METHOD Data were generated from telephone interviews with 279 dyads of people with MS and their caregivers. RESULTS Eighty dyads (28.7%) disagreed about the presence of cogniti...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Because anxiety and depression are highly comorbid, it is likely that individuals with co-occurring cognitive vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety will experience more severe symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, no study to date has examined the effects of co-occurring (simultaneous) cognitive vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety on the severity of sy...