Working Memory Deficits In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-159670
ABSTRACT
Background:
Cognitive deficits could be functioning as an intermediate variable between neurological abnormalities and OCD symptoms. There is lack of such data in our country.Aim:
To assess the cognitive functioning of a group of patients with OCD and a group of matched normal controls using Spatial Working Memory Test (SWMT).Method:
Patients of OCD were screened for selection criteria. Diagnosis of OCD was made on the basis of DSM IV TR. They were assessed using SWMT for neuro-cognitive impairments and compared the same with matched controls.Conclusions:
On SWMT, OCD patients showed significant impairment.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Adolescent
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Cognition Disorders
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Adult
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Young Adult
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Memory, Short-Term
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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