Mental health literacy and obsessive--compulsive personality disorder

Iakovina Koutoufa; Adrian Furnham

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.027

Mental health literacy and obsessive--compulsive personality disorder

Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jan 30;215(1):223-8. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.027. Epub 2013 Nov 6.

Authors

Iakovina Koutoufa¹, Adrian Furnham²

Affiliations

¹ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK.
² Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK; Norwegian Business School, Nydalsveien, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 24262666
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.027

Abstract

An opportunistic sample of 342 participants completed a vignette identification task that required them to name the possible psychological problem of an individual described in vignettes describing people with depression, schizophrenia, OCD and OCPD. Participants rated the degree to which they believed the individual experienced distress, they felt sympathetic towards the described individual, and the degree to which they believed the individual was well-adjusted in the community. There were very low recognition rates of OCPD, with participants more likely to identify depression, schizophrenia and OCD. Analysis of distress, sympathy and adjustment ratings also revealed significant differences between the disorders. The findings highlight the necessity of greater mental health awareness and the importance of psycho-education in order to increase successful treatment seeking of OCPD patients.

Keywords: Mental health literacy; OCD; OCPD.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Compulsive Personality Disorder / psychology*
Depressive Disorder / psychology
Female
Health Literacy*
Humans
Male
Mental Health*
Middle Aged
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology*
Schizophrenia
Young Adult