Clinical features of bipolar disordered subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective: Our aim is to investigate the impact of childhood ADHD comorbidity on the clinical features of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: Ninety-five adult outpatients with a diagnosis of OCD were assessed by using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children–Present and Lifetime Version, ADHD module, and the Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. Patients with or without childhood ADHD were compared in terms of the sociodemographic and clinical features, psychiatric comorbidities, and rating scales. Results: The rate of episodic course of OCD ( p < .001), religious and sexual obsessions ( p = .009, p = .020, respectively), lifetime comorbidity of bipolar disorder (BD), social anxiety disorder (SAD; p = .001, p = .009, respectively), and tic disorder (TD) comorbidity ( p < .001) were higher in the OCD + ADHD group than in the OCD without ADHD group. Conclusion: Childhood ADHD may be associated with higher rates of BD, SAD, and TD comorbidity and episodic course of OCD as well as higher frequency of certain types of obsessions.

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Clinical features associated with increased severity of illness in tertiary clinic referred patients with obsessive compulsive disorder

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice ◽

10.1080/13651501.2016.1249891 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 131-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bernardo Dell’Osso ◽

Beatrice Benatti ◽

Eric Hollander ◽

A. Carlo Altamura

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Clinical Features ◽

Severity Of Illness ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder

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Epidemiology and clinical features of obsessive-compulsive disorder during pregnancy and postpartum period: a review

Journal of Mood Disorders ◽

10.5455/jmood.20111219111846 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 178 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Faruk Uguz ◽

Medine Ayhan

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Clinical Features ◽

Postpartum Period ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Pregnancy And Postpartum

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Introduction: Narratives of OCD

10.1093/med/9780190228163.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Elias Aboujaoude ◽

Christopher Pittenger

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Clinical Features ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Treatment Principles

This chapter provides an overview of the clinical presentation and characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with an emphasis on the striking heterogeneity of the condition. Three cases that illustrate this heterogeneity are described in detail. These cases are used to frame a discussion of core clinical features and treatment principles, all of which are presented in more detail in later chapters in this volume. This introductory chapter provides a clinical frame for the more detailed treatments of various aspects of OCD phenomenology, pathophysiology, and treatment that follow.

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