Working Memory Deficits In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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.