Atypical neurocognitive functioning in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

ABSTRACT: Atypical neurocognitive functioning has been found in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, little work has been done in children and adolescents with OCD. In this study, we investigated neurocognitive functioning in a large and representative sample of newly diagnosed children and adolescents with OCD compared to non-psychiatric controls. Children and adolescents with OCD (n = 119) and non-psychiatric controls (n = 90) underwent psychopathological assessment, intelligence testing, and a neurocognitive test battery spanning cognitive flexibility, planning and decision-making, working memory, fluency, and processing speed. The MANOVA main effect revealed that children and adolescents with OCD performed significantly worse than the control group (p < .001, η p 2

SUBMITTER: Uhre CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11255040 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature