Citation

Abd-Elhamed MME, Hady RFA, Mahmoud SF, Mohamed BES. Middle East Curr. Psychiatr. 2023; 30(1): e86.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, SpringerOpen)

DOI

10.1186/s43045-023-00355-9

PMID

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Abstract

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness with a considerable risk of alexithymia, and suicide may make this risk worse. This study aimed to assess alexithymia, resilience, and suicidal ideation among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. A cross-sectional study was established at the psychiatric outpatient clinic at Zagazig University Hospitals in addition to Abbasyia Hospital for Mental Health in Cairo City. A purposive sample of 140 obsessive-compulsive patients. Five tools were used for data collection, including the socio-demographic questionnaire, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Resilience Scale, and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI).

Language: en

Keywords

Alexithymia; Obsessive–compulsive disorder; Patients; Resilience; Suicidal ideation