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ArticleJournal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders2025

Psychometric properties of the postpartum thoughts and behaviors checklist.

Catherine E Rast, Tracey Dibbs, Caitlin M Pinciotti, Nisha Jagannathan, Jonathan S Abramowitz, Mary C Kimmel, Rashelle Musci, Gerald Nestadt, Paul Nestadt, Lauren M Osborne and 2 more

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Catherine E RastMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Tracey DibbsMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Caitlin M PinciottiMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Nisha JagannathanMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jonathan S AbramowitzDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 255 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Mary C KimmelDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 77 Vilcom Center Drive, Suite 300, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Rashelle MusciBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Gerald NestadtDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 131, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Paul NestadtDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 131, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Lauren M OsborneDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Jack SamuelsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Eric A StorchMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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Preclinical and Clincial OutcomesP50HD103555 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Sandesh Chakravarthy Sreenath Nagamani, David Loren Nelson · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
2/2 Predictors and Course of Postpartum Obsessions and CompulsionsR01MH118261 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI NESTADT, GERALD · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
1/2 Predictors and Course of Postpartum Obsessions and CompulsionsR01MH118249 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ABRAMOWITZ, JONATHAN S. · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103555NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118249NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118261
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Abstract

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has an increased prevalence throughout pregnancy and in the postpartum period relative to non-peripartum periods. While some obsessive-compulsive symptoms in this period present in the same manner to those in non-postpartum OCD, others are more specific to the postpartum period (e.g., obsessions related to sudden infant death syndrome [SIDS]). However, there are few validated scales assessing obsessive-compulsive symptoms during the postpartum period. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Postpartum Thoughts and Behaviors Checklist (PTBC), a semi-structured interview of intrusive thoughts and repetitive, neutralizing behaviors developed to address this gap. In a sample of 257 women at 6 weeks postpartum, the PTBC demonstrated good internal consistency, criterion validity between individuals with a diagnosis of OCD and those without, and convergent validity with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, and Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised. Additionally, using a LCA approach, the PTBC demonstrated a 3-class structure of the thoughts and the behaviors subscales. Overall, these results provide psychometric evidence that the PTBC is reliable and valid and can be used to assess the prevalence and severity of postpartum obsessions and compulsions.

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CompulsionsObsessionsPostpartumPsychometrics

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PMID40831602
PMCPMC12360429

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