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Self-compassion involves extending kindness and understanding to one's self. Research has demonstrated inverse relationships between self-compassion and maladaptive constructs associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including emotion regulation (ER) difficulties. The current study sought to explore associations between self-compassion, ER difficulties, and OCD severity. Data were collected at the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation convention from 62 attendees who reported having a diagnosis of OCD (51% male, mean age 35.9 years). Findings demonstrated that self-compassion and ER difficulties were associated with overall OCD severity. Results also indicated that ER difficulties mediated relationships between self-compassion and overall OCD severity, as well as the severity of two OCD symptom dimensions, responsibility for harm and unacceptable thoughts. These findings suggest that self-compassion and ER difficulties may be involved in the maintenance and severity of OCD.
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This study addressed how sex addiction and problematic IP use present to mental health professionals (MHPs), and how MHPs conceptualize and treat these issues. MHPs (N = 183) reported on beliefs about, experiences with, and treatment of problematic sexual behaviors (PBS). Most MHPs saw clients with PBS, but most do not feel competent to treat PBS. Specialized MHPs endorsed seeing more clients with PBS and feeling more effective than nonspecialists. Sexual addiction and problematic IP use share similarities, but differ in etiology and co-occurring problems. Diagnostic ambiguity, insufficient knowledge, and limited dissemination may hinder MHPs ability to assess and treat PBSs.
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Conducta Adictiva , Literatura Erótica/psicología , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Personal de Salud , Internet , Conducta Sexual , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Observación , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Despite findings indicating that anxiety disorders are more likely to co-occur with each other than occur in isolation, little research has explored precise areas of overlap and differentiation among comorbid pairs of anxiety disorders. Furthermore, many studies comparing phenomena across anxiety disorders define comparison groups based on principal diagnoses, with lesser regard for comorbid diagnoses, raising the question as to whether this is a valid approach to analyzing comparisons. To better understand the extent to which comparisons by principal diagnoses are valid, the current study investigated whether comorbid hierarchically opposing diagnostic pairs showed similarities and differences from their non-comorbid, or "pure", counterparts on measures of clinician-rated functioning, specific symptoms, vulnerability factors, and demographic characteristics. The study included a total of 353 participants with diagnoses of either Panic Disorder (PD) only, Social Phobia (SP) only, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) only, or some comorbid pair of the three. Consistent with hypotheses, results demonstrated that hierarchically opposing diagnostic pairs showed more overlap than differentiation with each other and with non-comorbid counterparts on measures of a given specific non-comorbid diagnosis, indicating that defining comparisons by principal diagnoses may be invalid and misleading. The implications regarding the nosological structure of the DSM and research practice will be discussed.