A study on obsessive-compulsive disorder on obsessive style index

Pages: 381-384
Ajay Sharma (Clinical Psychologist, Shri Auribindo Medical College & PG Institute Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
Digamber Jagannath Darekar (Department of Psychology Dr B.N. Shri Purandare Arts & Smt S.G. Gupta Commerce & Science College Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra)

The aim of the present study was to see the relation in severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder on OBS index. A sample of 30 patients (male & female), diagnosed clinically as having OCD by psychiatrists on the basis of ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research, were selected from out-patient department of the Post Graduate Institute Of Behavioral and Medical Sciences, Raipur (C.G.). Along with a control group of 30 persons from general population, matched with respect to age with the OCD patients were also selected. The major thrust of the present study was to see that OBS index will be of significance in the patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and there will be significant difference in the presence of OBS style index of Rorschach in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients and control group. It was found that OBS index and severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder do not have significant correlation between them. The severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder did not show any effect on the presence of OBS-index. Further, No significant differences were found between obsessive-compulsive disorder and normal control group on the criterion of obsessive style index. In essence, the present study highlights that there is a need to modify obsessive compulsive index (OBS) while identifying the cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in our Indian population or some other measure should be used.