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Disgust Sensitivity and Visual Processing of Contamination in OCD

Award Number: F31MH087018
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2013

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Disgust Sensitivity and Visual Processing of Contamination in OCD - Contamination concerns represent the most common subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although traditionally conceptualized as a fear-based disorder, recent theoretical models suggest that disgust may play a crucial role in contamination-based OCD's etiology and maintenance. Numerous studies show that disgust sensitivity--how easily and intensely one experiences disgust--uniquely predicts symptom severity. However, a mechanism explaining this relationship has been elusive. In light of recent evidence that attentional biases are causal in anxiety disorders, this project will investigate the possibility that disgust sensitivity confers vulnerability to contamination-based OCD by facilitating attentional biases. To examine the effects of disgust sensitivity, experienced disgust will be manipulated in patients and controls, and effects on visual processing of contamination will be assessed using state-of-the-art eye tracking technology. Psychophysiological measures will be used to assess disgust responding, and a public restroom behavioral avoidance task will be used to assess behavioral effects of the mood induction. A mediational model will be tested, in which disgust increases behavioral avoidance by inducing attentional biases for contamination.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = -$27 )
2017	2012	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE	211 KIRKLAND HALL	NASHVILLE	TN	37240	DAVIDSON	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	3	5/15/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$27
														Subtotal = -$27

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $26,885 )
2012	2012	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S REHAB UNIT	1161 21ST AVENUE SOUTH	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	3	5/23/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$26,885
														Subtotal = $26,885

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $26,444 )
2011	2011	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S REHAB UNIT	1161 21ST AVENUE SOUTH	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	2	4/29/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$26,444
														Subtotal = $26,444

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $31,703 )
2010	2010	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S REHAB UNIT	1161 21ST AVENUE SOUTH	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	3/23/2010	NEW	$31,703
2010	2010	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S REHAB UNIT	1161 21ST AVENUE SOUTH	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	1	3/23/2010	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $31,703

Grand Total All Awards = $85,005

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Disgust Sensitivity and Visual Processing of Contamination in OCD

Award Number: F31MH087018

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2013

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