MMPI and Rorschach Inkblot Test Profile of a Young OCD Patient: A Case Study.

Pathological doubt is a common aspect among patients with OCD who have a variety of different obsessions and compulsions. Individuals with pathological doubt are often preoccupied by the concern that, because of their carelessness, they will be responsible for a dire event. Several studies have found that OCD is associated with low levels of confidence in relation to one's own attention, memory, and perception (Hermans, et.al, 2008). Stern and colleagues (2013) showed that OCD patients rated themselves as more uncertain during a decision-making task, under conditions without objective uncertainty. Intolerance of uncertainty includes unwillingness to tolerate the chance that negative events may occur in the future, no matter how low the probability (Holaway, 2006), In contrast, doubt is the lack of confidence or certainty in the information available to decide. Perfectionism, which is also an important aspect of OCD, is characterized by striving for flawlessness and having excessively high standards (Coles et.al, 2008). This report describes a particular individual with characteristic features of pathological doubt, which is explored through formal psychological testing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]