Ricerc@Sapienza

Background: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is often measured through self-report questionnaires
focused on measuring symptomatology (Y-BOCS, OCI-R, and PI). The scientific literature identifies
the Pt scale as a distinctive marker, but does not report data related to a specific OCD profile of the
MMPI-2 test. Therefore, based on some clinical considerations and preliminary investigations, the
following study aims to identify a specific MMPI-OCD configuration marked by the presence of

Study’s objective is to assess psychopathological profiles in outpatients with a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder (AD) who had positive evaluations of work related stress (AD-W) versus those exposed to other stressful life events (AD-O). The participants were 70 outpatients with AD-W, compared to 71 outpatients with AD-O, admitted at the Unit of Psychiatry and Occupational Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome.