Biomedical subjects

Amy S Janeck

Publications and source records attributed to Amy S Janeck.

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PubMed2003

Group behavioral therapy for adolescents with tic-related and non-tic-related obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Prior research supports the distinction between tic-related and non-tic-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) based on phenomenologic, etiologic, and neurobehavioral data. The present study examines whether response to psychosocial treatment differs in adolescents, depending on the presence of comorbid tics. Nineteen adolescents, 12-17 years of age, participated in 7-week, uncontrolled trial of group cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for OCD. Eight of the patients had tic-related and eleven had non-tic-related OCD. The group CBT program included psycho-education, exposure and response prevention, cognitive strategies, and family involvement. Significant improvement was observed for all subjects on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale ratings of obsessions, compulsions, and total OCD symptoms. Outcomes were similar for subjects with tic-related and non-tic-related OCD. These preliminary results suggest that the presence of comorbid tic disorders may not attenuate response to behavioral group treatment among adolescents.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2003

Too much thinking about thinking?: Metacognitive differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Negative appraisals of intrusive thoughts and beliefs about the importance of thoughts are considered core mechanisms in cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In refinements of cognitive theory, differences in metacognitive processes have been emphasized. Cartwright-Hatton and Wells [J. Anxiety Disord. 37 (1997) 279-296] found that cognitive self-consciousness (CSC), a tendency to be aware of and monitor thinking, was the only metacognitive dimension that differentiated OCD patients from patients with generalized anxiety disorder. To evaluate the relative importance of different cognitive processes to OCD, we administered an expanded CSC scale and two state-of-the-art measures of thought appraisals and beliefs. Scores on the CSC scale reliably differentiated OCD patients (n=30), from an anxious comparison group (OAD, n=25) after controlling for scores on the two cognition measures. The tendency to excessively reflect upon one's cognitive processes may increase opportunities for negative appraisals of intrusive thoughts, foster over-importance of thought beliefs, and increase the likelihood of developing OCD.

Adult↗