%0 Journal Article
%T Impaired Executive Function in Everyday Life: A Predictor of OCD Relapse?
%A Nathalie Fournet
%A Ouafae Achachi
%A Arnaud Roy
%A J¨¦r¨¦my Besnard
%A C¨¦line Lancelot
%A Didier Le Gall
%A Martine Bouvard
%J Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science
%P 90-107
%@ 2160-5874
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jbbs.2019.93008
%X <b>Objectives:</b> In the present study, we set out to establish whether executive function in everyday life is impaired in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients, and if it is more impaired (or not) in patients who relapsed after cognitive behavioural therapy than in treatment-na&#239;ve obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. <b>Method:</b> The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function¡ª Adult Version (BRIEF-A) was used to measure executive function in everyday life in three groups of 19 participants: treatment-na&#239;ve obsessive-compulsive disorderpatients, obsessive-compulsive disorder patients having relapsed after CBT, and healthy controls. <b>Results:</b> The BRIEF-A results revealed an impairment in executive function in the treatment-na&#239;ve and relapsed obsessive-compulsive disorder groups, relative to the healthy control group. There was no significant difference in executive function between the two groups of patients. <b>Conclusions:</b> These results show that impaired executive function is not associated with relapse in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder having undergone cognitive behavioural therapy.
%K Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
%K Relapse
%K Executive Function
%K Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=90922