Clinical characteristics and family history in DSM-III obsessive- compulsive disorder

1986/03/01 by Steven A. Rasmussen, Ming T. Tsuang · 673 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Clinical psychology #Family history #Internal medicine #Medicine #Obsessive compulsive #Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychotherapist

paper · doi:10.1176/ajp.143.3.317

published in American Journal of Psychiatry 143(3), 317-322 (American Psychiatric Association)

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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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