Publications by authors named "K Rowa"
Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms are hypothesized to be driven by two core motivations: harm avoidance and incompleteness. While cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for OCD, many posit that OCD presentations characterized by high incompleteness may be harder to treat. The relationship between the core motivations and treatment outcomes remains to be further explored.
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- The study investigated how treatment affects neurocognitive performance in individuals with OCD, focusing on symptom changes and the role of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism as a genetic factor.
- Participants (N = 125) received various treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and physical exercise, with assessments done before and after treatment to measure OCD symptoms and neurocognitive abilities.
- Results showed that while OCD symptoms improved with treatment, neurocognitive performance also enhanced independently of the BDNF genotype, indicating a strong link between symptom relief and cognitive function improvement.
Background: Symptom accommodation is suggested to maintain anxiety pathology and interfere with treatment effectiveness for anxiety and related disorders. However, little is known about symptom accommodation in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Aim: This study investigated the associations between romantic partner symptom accommodation, GAD symptoms, intolerance of uncertainty (IU), relationship satisfaction, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) outcomes from the perspective of the person with GAD.
Background: Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric problems among Canadian youth and typically have an onset in childhood or adolescence. They are characterized by high rates of relapse and chronicity, often resulting in substantial impairment across the lifespan. Genetic factors play an important role in the vulnerability toward anxiety disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an empirically supported treatment for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Little is known about the effectiveness of CBT for GAD in real-world treatment settings.
Aim: This study investigated the effectiveness of group CBT and predictors of treatment response in an out-patient hospital clinic.