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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Is Associated With Broad Impairments in Executive Function: A Meta-Analysis

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious and often chronically disabling condition. The current dominant model of OCD focuses on abnormalities in prefrontal-striatal circuits that support executive function (EF). Although there is growing evidence for EF impairments associated with OCD, results have been inconsistent, which makes the nature and magnitude of these impairments controversial. The current meta-analysis uses random-effects models to synthesize 110 studies in which participants with OCD were compared with healthy control participants on at least one neuropsychological measure of EF. The results indicate that individuals with OCD are impaired on tasks measuring most aspects of EF, consistent with broad impairment in EF. EF deficits were not explained by general motor slowness or depression. Effect sizes were largely stable across variation in demographic and clinical characteristics of samples, although medication use, age, and gender moderated some effects.

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Authors
Snyder, H. R., Kaiser, R. H., Warren, S. L., & Heller, W.
Affiliations
  • University of Denver (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • St. Louis VA Medical Center (US)
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Venue
Clinical Psychological Science
Published
2014-07-18
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
301-330
ISSN
  • 2167-7026 (ISSN-L)
  • 2167-7034
OpenAlex
W2141193081
Cited by
325
References
200
Citations by year
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FWCI
20.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH079485, F32MH098481, R01MH061358, T32MH015442)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder, executive function, neuropsychological deficits, depression, medication effects

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