A comparison of brain behavioral systems and emotional regulation in women with compulsive hoarding and other obsessive-compulsive disorders

Brain structures, cognitive components, and emotion regulation have an important role in etiology of psychological disorders. So, study of the differences in brain management systems and cognitive components of emotion regulation in patients with different psychological disorders could have a significant role in precise diagnosis and selection of appropriate psychotherapy approach. The aim of this study was to compare the brain behavioral system and cognitive emotional regulation in patients with compulsive hoarding and obsessive-compulsive disorder In this cross-sectional study, 50 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 50 patients with compulsive hoarding were selected using the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using the cognitive emotion regulation scale (CERQ-P-short) and behavioral inhibitory and activator system scale (BIS/BAS). The results showed that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder had a higher mean score in the behavioral inhibition and negative cognitive emotion regulation compared to patients with compulsive hoarding. But, patients with compulsive hoarding had a higher mean score in the positive cognitive emotion regulation compared to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Also, there was no significant difference between the two groups in the behavioral activation system (P>0.05). Paying more attention to brain systems and optimization of emotion regulation strategies can be useful in pathology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and compulsive hoarding.