Insight and perceived expressed emotion among adult outpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Domenico De Berardis1, Daniela Campanella, Nicola Serront
1Institute of Psychiatry, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti, and Mental Health Service, ASL Teramo, Italy.
Objective:
To elucidate the relationships between insight and perceived expressed emotion (EE) in a sample of adult outpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Methods:
The study involved 75 subjects with OCD. Subjects were assessed with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), with the score on item 11 used as a measure of insight level. Perceived EE was evaluated using the Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale (FEICS). The Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) was used to evaluate depressive symptoms.
Results:
Poor or absent insight was found to be associated with higher perceived EE and significantly higher OCD severity, as well higher familial perceived criticism and more compulsions and depressive symptoms.
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