Obsessive and Compulsive Characteristics of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: Quantification by a Newly Developed Questionnaire
Autor: | Stephen Schmaltz, Jack G. Modell, Frederick B. Glaser, Louis Cyr, James M. Mountz |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Male Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Personality Inventory Psychometrics Validation test Medicine (miscellaneous) Alcohol abuse Test validity Toxicology Thinking medicine Humans Obsessive compulsive scale Psychiatry Screening instrument Internal-External Control Aged Heavy drinking Alcohol dependence Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged medicine.disease Alcoholism Psychiatry and Mental health Female Psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 16:266-271 |
ISSN: | 1530-0277 0145-6008 |
Popis: | The purpose of the this study was to develop an instrument for measuring the obsessive and compulsive characteristics of drinking-related thought and behavior in subjects who abuse or are dependent on alcohol, and to quantify the extent to which drinking-related thought and behavior in these subjects resemble the obsessions and compulsions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). To achieve these goals, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) was modified to reflect obsessionality and compulsivity specifically related to heavy drinking rather than to obsessions and compulsions generally. The modified Y-BOCS (Y-BOCS-hd) was administered to 62 subjects satisfying DSM-III-R criteria for alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence and 62 matched normal controls. The data showed that the Y-BOCS-hd is a sensitive and specific instrument for measuring the obsessive and compulsive characteristics of drinking-related thought and behavior in alcohol-abusing and alcohol-dependent populations, and that there are specific and quantifiable similarities between these characteristics and the obsessions and compulsions of OCD. The data also indicated that the Y-BOCS-hd may be a useful screening instrument for the presence of alcohol abuse and dependence. |
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