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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is still an unrecognised disorder : a study on the recognition of OCD in psychiatric outpatients

Wahl, K. and Kordon, A. and Kuelz, K. A. and Voderholzer, U. and Hohagen, F. and Zurowski, B.. (2010) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is still an unrecognised disorder : a study on the recognition of OCD in psychiatric outpatients. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, Vol. 25, H. 7. pp. 374-377.

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Abstract

The study aims to investigate the recognition of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in psychiatric outpatients.; A total of 2282 outpatients seen at 14 different psychiatric clinics in South Germany were asked to participate in the study. Five hundred and eighty-nine (30%) of the original 2282 patients met screening criteria for OCD, and of those, 237 (42%) participated in the final interview including DSM-IV diagnosis, and comorbidity.; Sixty-nine of 589 participating patients who screened positively for obsessive symptoms actually had an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Only 19 (28%) of the outpatients diagnosed with OCD according to DSM-IV criteria were also given this diagnosis by their consultant. The psychopathology scores indicated that the OCD patients had clinically relevant OCD with a mean Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Score (Y-BOCS) of 17.5 (± 5.4), and a mean Clinical Global Impression Score (CGI) of 5.2 (± 1.2).; In outpatient clinics over 70% of OCD patients remain unrecognised and thus untreated by consultants. Screening questions provide a rapid way of identifying those who may have OCD and should be incorporated into every mental state examination by consultants.
Faculties and Departments:07 Faculty of Psychology
UniBasel Contributors:Wahl, Karina
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0767-399X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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