Neuropsychological functioning in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: One size does not fit all

García-Delgar, Blanca; Serna, Elena de la; Lera, S.; Varela, Eva; Andrés-Perpiñá, Susana; Lázaro, Luisa

doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.12.005

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“…Concurrently, in treatment-seeking youth diagnosed with OCD [83], patients in the symmetry dimension had a greater magnitude of cognitive impairment, with specific executive and processing speed deficits, possibly explained by the supposed attentional bias toward symmetrical and/or ordered stimuli that may draw their attention away from task performance. However, in another study, the proportion of patients with aggression/harm-related and symmetry symptoms within the small group showing neuropsychological impairment was not different from the proportion of patients in the unimpaired group [84]. Moreover, con-sidering such scanty and inconclusive evidence, we must assume that the present finding points toward potential trans-dimensional variations in neuropsychological performance that need to be systematically studied in larger samples also exploring the neurobiological correlates of poor cognitive performance and clinical presentation.…”

Section: Ocd Symptom Dimensions and Cognitive Profilementioning

confidence: 79%

“…Indeed, previous investigations have largely ignored the possibility that cognitive disturbances may vary across OCD clinical dimensions, or the potentiality of an intertwined relationship between dysfunctional beliefs, cognitive impairments, and dimensional symptoms [82]. Moreover, as far as we know, few studies [83,84] have explored this issue in clinical samples of children and adolescents with OCD. Our finding of a significant influence of executive performance on symptom severity in the aggression/harm-related and symmetry dimensions may corroborate theories arguing that specific neuropsychological deficits in childhood (especially in problem solving and non-verbal reasoning [24]) contribute to OCD clinical manifestation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dysfunctional Beliefs and Cognitive Performance across Symptom Dimensions in Childhood and Adolescent OCD

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Banaj

Ciullo

et al. 2022

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Although etiological and maintenance cognitive factors have proved effective in predicting the disease course in youths with OCD, their contribution to symptom severity and specific OCD dimensions has been scarcely examined. In a cohort of children and adolescents with OCD (N = 41; mean age = 14; age range = 10–18 yrs.), we investigated whether certain dysfunctional beliefs and cognitive traits could predict symptom severity, and whether they were differentially associated with specific symptom dimensions. We found that self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism and intolerance to uncertainty were associated with higher obsession severity, which was not uniquely related to any neuropsychological variable. Greater severity of obsessions and compulsions about harm due to aggression/injury/violence/natural disasters was predicted by excessive concerns with the expectations of other people. Severity in this dimension was additionally predicted by decreasing accuracy in performing a problem-solving, non-verbal reasoning task, which was also a significant predictor of severity of obsessions about symmetry and compulsions to count or order/arrange. Apart from corroborating both the belief-based and neuropsychological models of OCD, our findings substantiate for the first time the specificity of certain dysfunctional beliefs and cognitive traits in two definite symptom dimensions in youth. This bears important clinical implications for developing treatment strategies to deal with unique dysfunctional core beliefs, and possibly for preventing illness chronicity.

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confidence: 79%

Section: Ocd Symptom Dimensions and Cognitive Profilementioning

confidence: 99%

Dysfunctional Beliefs and Cognitive Performance across Symptom Dimensions in Childhood and Adolescent OCD

Piras

Banaj

Ciullo

et al. 2022

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“…Since early childhood the exposure to greenspace seems to favor neurodevelopment, as shown by cognitive and psychomotor execution (Dadvand et al, 2015; Liao et al, 2019). Children with OCD show greater executive dysfunction in flexibility (shift), working memory, planning, and inhibition (Garcia-Delgar et al, 2018; Negreiros et al, 2020; Ornstein et al, 2010). As such, the ability of greenspace exposure to enhance the development of cognitive and executive functions could reduce the risk of OCD.…”

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Greenspace Exposure and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Schoolchildren

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Navarro

Alonso

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Environment and Behavior

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Green environments are associated with improved child brain development and mental health. We study cross-sectionally the association of the availability of greenspace at home and school with obsessive-compulsive behaviors (OCB) in primary schoolchildren. Greenspace and tree cover surrounding home and school of 378 children aged 9 to 10 in Barcelona (Spain) were characterized using satellite-based indices [Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI), Vegetation Continuous Field (VCF)] across buffers of 100, 300, and 500 m, and distance to the nearest green space. OCB was assessed with the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale-Parent version. Linear and mixed effects models showed that greenspace at school, but not at home, was significantly related to a reduction in OCB across buffers, with benefits for girls and also children with graduate parents. Higher greenspace around the school might be associated with less obsessive-compulsive behavior in primary schoolchildren, especially in girls and those with higher socioeconomic status.

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Test-based versus parent ratings of executive function in pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Negreiros

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Yamin

et al. 2020

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Neuropsychological functioning in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: One size does not fit all

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Dysfunctional Beliefs and Cognitive Performance across Symptom Dimensions in Childhood and Adolescent OCD

Dysfunctional Beliefs and Cognitive Performance across Symptom Dimensions in Childhood and Adolescent OCD

Greenspace Exposure and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Schoolchildren

Test-based versus parent ratings of executive function in pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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