Self-Ambivalence in the Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Background/aims: Despite emerging interest in the role of self-concept in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), current research has failed to consider the role of self-perceptions in the cognitive-behavioural treatment of OCD. This study examined the relationship between ambivalence about self-worth and treatment outcomes in patients diagnosed with OCD.

Methods: Sixty-two volunteers (59.

Predictors of response to cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Response to psychological treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) varies, and dropout and relapse rates remain troubling. However, while studies examining symptom reductions are favourable, outcomes are less encouraging when outcome is defined in terms of clinically significant change. Moreover, there is little understanding of what predicts treatment outcome.

Patient compliance with postnatal thromboprophylaxis: An observational study.

Prescription of postnatal thromboprophylaxis has increased with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. Our study of postnatal women meeting the criteria for thromboprophylaxis aimed to ascertain compliance with low-molecular-weight heparin and barriers to completion of a full course. Women were recruited from the antenatal clinic or postnatal wards.

A comparison of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-Auto) with clinical assessment in diagnosing mood and anxiety disorders.

Objective: Increasingly, epidemiological studies are employing computerized and highly standardized interviews, such as the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-Auto), to assess the prevalence of psychiatric illness. Recent studies conducted in specialist units have reported poor agreement between experienced clinicians' and CIDI-Auto diagnoses. In this study we investigated the concordance rate between clinicians and the CIDI-Auto for the diagnosis of six anxiety disorders and two mood disorders, whereby the CIDI-Auto was treated as the 'gold standard'.