Author(s)

Nathalie Fournet^1*, Ouafae Achachi¹, Arnaud Roy^2,3, Jérémy Besnard², Céline Lancelot², Didier Le Gall², Martine Bouvard¹

¹Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LPNC, Grenoble, France.
²Laboratoryof Psychology des Pays de la Loire, EA4638, Université Bretagne Loire—Université d’Angers, Angers, France.
³Reference Center of Learning Disorders—Centre Référent des Troubles d’Apprentissage, Centre de Compétence Nantais de Neurofibromatose, Hôpital Femme-Enfant-Adolescent, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.

Objectives: In the present study, we set out to establish whether executive function in everyday life is impaired in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients, and if it is more impaired (or not) in patients who relapsed after cognitive behavioural therapy than in treatment-naïve obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Method: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function— Adult Version (BRIEF-A) was used to measure executive function in everyday life in three groups of 19 participants: treatment-naïve obsessive-compulsive disorderpatients, obsessive-compulsive disorder patients having relapsed after CBT, and healthy controls. Results: The BRIEF-A results revealed an impairment in executive function in the treatment-naïve and relapsed obsessive-compulsive disorder groups, relative to the healthy control group. There was no significant difference in executive function between the two groups of patients. Conclusions: These results show that impaired executive function is not associated with relapse in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder having undergone cognitive behavioural therapy.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Relapse, Executive Function, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Fournet, N. , Achachi, O. , Roy, A. , Besnard, J. , Lancelot, C. , Le Gall, D. and Bouvard, M. (2019) Impaired Executive Function in Everyday Life: A Predictor of OCD Relapse?. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 9, 90-107. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2019.93008.