Cognitive retraining for organizational impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

摘要: Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have difficulties in organizing information during encoding associated subsequent memory impairments. This study was designed to investigate whether impairments organization individuals OCD can be alleviated cognitive training. Thirty-five subjects and 36 controls copied recalled the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) [Osterrieth, P.A., 1944. Le test de copie d'une figure complexe: Contribution a l'etude la perception et memoire (The of copying complex figure: A contribution memory). Archive Psychologie 30, 286-350.] before being randomly assigned training or non-training condition. The condition improve ability organize visuospatial meaningful way. intervention phase followed by another copy recall trial RCFT. Both control who underwent improved more than did not receive organizational training, providing evidence that procedure effective. subjects, irrespective they had received suggests impairment affects primarily spontaneously utilize strategies when faced complex, ambiguous but implement such provided additional trials is preserved. These findings support distinction between failure strategy incapacity strategy.