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Assessment of Insight and Overvalued Ideation: In Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

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Overvalued ideation is a complicating factor in some cases of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Definitions of overvalued ideas are provided, distinguishing it from obsessions on the one hand to delusions on the other. Clinician-administered rating scales for evaluating overvalued ideas are discussed, and methods for addressing this aspect of OCD in treatment are covered.

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    Fugen Neziroglu Ph.D., Jill Slavin Mashaal Ph.D. & Lauren Mancusi M.A.

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Neziroglu, F., Mashaal, J.S., Mancusi, L. (2013). Assessment of Insight and Overvalued Ideation: In Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. In: McKay, D., Storch, E. (eds) Handbook of Assessing Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6452-5_14

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