Gilbert Pinard

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the progress of an international group of investigators who have commenced a coordinated effort to develop a standardized set of cognitive measures for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

TL;DR: Factor analysis of the Obsessive Belief Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory yielded a single factor, suggesting the total score be used in lieu of the 3 rationally derived subscales, and Discriminant validity was promising.

TL;DR: Initial examination of reliability and validity indicates excellent internal consistency and stability and encouraging evidence of validity, however, high correlations indicating overlap between some of the scales, particularly importance of thoughts, control of thought, and responsibility will need to be addressed in subsequent empirical and theoretical investigations.

TL;DR: The validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ) and Interpretations of Intrusions Inventory (III) developed by the OCD Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG) to assess the primary beliefs and appraisals considered critical to the pathogenesis of obsessions was reported in this paper.

TL;DR: The lack of awareness of illness was a key factor in medication nonadherence and lack of insight has been hypothesized by some to be a cognit ive impairment associated with schizophrenia itself.