Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Inspite of the worldwide relevance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), there is a substantial lack of data on comorbidity in OCD and subclinical OCD in the general population. METHODS: German versions of the DSM-IV adapted Composite International Diagnostic Interview were administered to a representative sample of 4075 persons aged 18-64 years, living in a northern German region. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Due to low comorbidity rates, subclinical OCD seems to represent an independent syndrome not restricted to the presence of other axis-I diagnoses. Comorbidity patterns show a disposition to anxiety and to depressive disorders in OCD and subclinical OCD. A broad association with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders could not be confirmed in our general population sample.
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Authors | H J Grabe, C Meyer, U Hapke, H J Rumpf, H J Freyberger, H Dilling, U John |
Journal | European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
(Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci)
Vol. 251
Issue 3
Pg. 130-5
(Jun 2001)
ISSN: 0940-1334 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 11697574
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anxiety Disorders
(epidemiology)
- Chronic Disease
- Comorbidity
- Depressive Disorder
(epidemiology)
- Feeding and Eating Disorders
(epidemiology)
- Female
- Germany
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(epidemiology)
- Sampling Studies
- Severity of Illness Index
- Sex Factors
- Somatoform Disorders
(epidemiology)
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
(epidemiology)
- Substance-Related Disorders
(epidemiology)
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