Memory Bias and Memory Confidence in Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (Checker-Type), Obsessive -Compulsive Personality, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The object of this research was to study memory problems in obsessive- compulsive disorder (checker-type) in comparison with obsessive - compulsive personality disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. For this purpose four groups of subjects (OCD، checker-type; OCPD; GAD and normal controls) were selected. The clinical subjects were referred from psychiatric offices- and to confirm their diagnoses they were interviewed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th edition (DSMIV). Subjects were giving Beck Anxiety Inventory and Maudsley Obsessional Compulsive Inventory. The subjects’ memory was studied using computerized tasks. Findings showed that the groups did not portray significant differences in their overall memory functions. However، the GAD group solely showed memory bias. The OCD، Checker-type and OCPD groups had poor confidence in their memory.