Fields, L. (1998). An integrative brief treatment
approach for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal
of Psychotherapy Integration, 8(3), 161-172.
This
article was a case study about John, a 21-year-old who had obsessive compulsive
disorder. He exhibited many obsessions and compulsions that rated severe and
extreme on the Yale-Brown assessment checklist. He was most worried about his
girlfriend getting pregnant and his obsessions and compulsions increased as she
got closer to menstruation.
Though this article is not a normal study with several
participants, I still found it very interesting. The one aspect of John’s case
was that his grandma died and he directly related it to not fluffing his pillow
on the night she died. I felt similarly when my grandfather died. I had my
first cappuccino and thought at the time that I shouldn’t drink cappuccino
because someone will die. So for the longest time I didn’t drink cappuccino. I’m
very much over that now, as it happened 10 years ago, but it was comforting to
read that there are other people like you out there.
Hartston, H. J. & Swerdlow, N. R. (1999).
Visuospatial priming and stroop performance in patients with obsessive compulsive
disorder. Neuropsychology, 13(3),
447-457.
Szechtman, H., Sulis, W. & Eilam, D. (1998). Quinpirole induces compulsive checking behavior in rats: A potential animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Behavioral Neuroscience, 112(6), 1475-1485.