Affiliations: Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School and Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Note: [] Correspondence to: M. Abbruzzese, Psychiatric Branch, Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, via Prinetti 29, 20127 Milano, Italy
Abstract: A number of studies have reported neuropsychological deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These have mainly implicated frontal or temporal dysfunction. In this study, we compared the performances of OCD patients and normal subjects using a factorial interpretation of the Wechsler Memory Scale. Our results do not demonstrate significant memory impairment in OCD patients but point to the possibility of frontal lobe dysfunction as a factor in the pathophysiology of OCD.
