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Sexual offenders against children: the influence of personality and obsessionality on cognitive distortions
- Authors:
- EGAN Vincent, KAVANAGH Beth, BLAIR Marie
- Journal article citation:
- Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 17(3), July 2005, pp.223-240.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Sexual offenders against children are generally inadequate in their social functioning and diverse in their psychopathology. The degree to which this inadequate functioning and psychopathology influences therapeutic interventions brings into question the belief that generic nonclinical programmatic treatment work is always appropriate for such a cohort. The Sex Offenders Assessment Package (SOAP) measures inadequate social functioning and sexual deviance, but has not been linked to broader individual differences and generic psychopathology. This study collected information examining the relationship between the SOAP and standard measures of personality (the NEO-FFI) and obsessive-compulsiveness (MOCI) in a sample of 200 sexual offenders against children seen by the Probation Service. Factor analysis was used to reduce the SOAP to three reliable factors: emotional distress, cognitions supporting sex with children, and concern for others. These factors correlated respectively with higher Neuroticism and lower Extroversion; greater obsessive-compulsiveness on the MOCI, and trait Agreeableness, irrespective of whether or not one corrected for socially desirable responding. When partial correlation controlled for the influence of Neuroticism on the correlation between cognitions supporting sex with children and the MOCI, there was no change in the association between these variables. These results show that negative affect and obsessional tendencies are important underlying influences on the feelings and behavior of sexual offenders, that the obsessionality of the group is not attributable to Neuroticism, and suggest useful additional foci to enhance the treatment of this diverse clinical group.
Obsessions and compulsions in Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism
- Authors:
- RUSSELL Ailsa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 186(6), June 2005, pp.525-528.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Obsessive-compulsive behaviours are common and disabling in autistic-spectrum disorders (ASD) but little is known about how they compare with those experienced by people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A group of adults with high-functioning ASD (n=40) were administered the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and Symptom Checklist and their symptoms compared with a gender-matched group of adults with a primary diagnosis of OCD (n=45). OCD symptoms were carefully distinguished from stereotypic behaviours and interests usually displayed by those with ASD. The two groups had similar frequencies of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, with only somatic obsessions and repeating rituals being more common in the OCD group. The OCD group had higher obsessive-compulsive symptom severity ratings but up to 50% of the ASD group reported at least moderate levels of interference from their symptoms. Obsessions and compulsions are both common in adults with high-functioning ASD and are associated with significant levels of distress.
Washing my life away: surviving obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Author:
- DEANE Ruth
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects one in fifty people. In this personal account the author shares her own experience as an OCD sufferer, from the first innocuous signs of onset to the devastating effect of the condition on her relationships with her family and friends, her self-esteem and her marriage. The author takes the reader on a moving, honest and at times light-hearted journey, from washing her hands until they cracked and bled, to hospital admission and eventual management and recovery from OCD.
Mental health, coping and family-functioning in parents of young people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and with anxiety disorders
- Authors:
- DERISELY Jo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44(3), September 2005, pp.439-444.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study compares mental health, coping and family-functioning in parents of young people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and no known mental health problems. 28 parents of young people with OCD, 28 parents of young people with other anxiety disorders, and 62 parents of young people with no known mental health problems completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Coping Responses Inventory, and the McMaster family assessment device. The results found parents of children with OCD and anxiety disorders had poorer mental health and used more avoidant coping than parents of non-clinical children. There were no group differences in family-functioning. The similarities across the parents of clinically referred children suggest that there is a case for encouraging active parental involvement in the treatment of OCD in young people.
In the spotlight
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.08.05, 2005, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article discusses the the ethics of using vulnerable people in television programmes. It asks whether it is a voyeurisitic way of increasing viewing ratings or whether it has a positive impact on public perceptions. The article uses the recent two part documentary 'The house of obsessive compulsives' as one of the main examples for the discussion.
You can ring our bell
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2005, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Profiles the service 'No Panic', winner of the 2004 NIMHE Positive Practice Award for user involvement and leadership. The service provides a helpline and support programme for people with anxiety disorders. Volunteers are all trained in simple cognitive behaviour therapy techniques to help people manage their anxiety.
Leisure counselling, coping skills and therapeutic applications
- Author:
- JUNIPER Dean
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 33(1), February 2005, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Leisure counselling is defined as the systematic exploitation of a client's past, existing or prospective hobbies, activities and interests for broad psychotherapeutic purposes. It functions as a powerful agent in the invigoration of a range of existing but inadequate coping skills, and can also act in an innovatory style when such key skills are absent. The author argues that the effective functioning of leisure counselling requires a methodology of application. The author identifies a triad of approach techniques open to the leisure counsellor, distraction, anticipation and confrontation, and outlines appropriate settings in which they may be implemented. Outlines how leisure counselling may be applied across a wide span of coping needs and covers three broad domains: the need to ease phobias, panics, stress and tension states, and the aftermath of traumatic episodes; the need to create and sustain positive moods; and the need to contain and limit the destructive demands of habits and impulses as well as address the very sharp therapeutic challenge of obsessions and compulsions.