Abstract
The authors present the clinical characteristics, demographic features, and family history of a clinical sample of 44 patients who met DSM-III criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Their findings are consistent with those of previous epidemiologic studies completed before the introduction of DSM-III with regard to phenomenology, course, and demographic characteristics. Most of the 44 patients had concomitant or lifetime histories of a major depressive disorder or another anxiety disorder. A number of first-degree relatives of these patients had probable obsessive-compulsive disorder or obsessive traits. The findings of this study should prove useful in further epidemiologic, biologic, and behavioral studies.
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Obsessive compulsivePsychologyFamily historyPsychiatryPsychotherapistClinical psychologyMedicineInternal medicine
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- 1986
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- 143
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- 3
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- 317-322
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Steven A. Rasmussen,
Ming T. Tsuang
(1986).
Clinical characteristics and family history in DSM-III obsessive- compulsive disorder.
American Journal of Psychiatry
, 143
(3)
, 317-322.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.3.317
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- 10.1176/ajp.143.3.317