Case Series: Transformation Obsession in Young People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Autor/inn/en	Volz, Chloe; Heyman, Isobel
Titel	Case Series: Transformation Obsession in Young People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (2007) 6, S.766 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
Schlagwörter	Patients; Young Adults; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Disorders; Fear; Individual Characteristics; Anxiety; Cognitive Restructuring; Behavior Modification; Counseling Techniques; Screening Tests; Clinical Diagnosis; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Patient; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Furcht; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Angst; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Screening-Verfahren; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article presents a previously unreported symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The young people reported describe a fear of turning into someone or something else or taking on unwanted characteristics. We have called this transformation obsession. The bizarre nature of this obsession had led to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatments in a number of these patients. Recognition of this symptom as an ordinary obsession (unwanted, intrusive, repetitive, and associated with an anxiety-reducing compulsion or avoidance)facilitates treatment with cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Consideration is given to screening for this obsession and whether its presence indicates a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10