Memory functioning in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
A number of studies have reported neuropsychological deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These have mainly implicated frontal or temporal dysfunction. In this study, we compared the performances of OCD patients and normal subjects using a factorial interpretation of the Wechsler Memory Scale. Our results do not demonstrate significant memory impairment in OCD patients but point to the possibility of frontal lobe dysfunction as a factor in the pathophysiology of OCD.
Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School and Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School and Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School and Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School and Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Memory; Neuropsychology; Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS)