Comorbid conditions in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes

“…Obsessive compulsive disorder Comorbidity rates of OCD with other anxiety disorders are generally high (Heyman et al, 2001;Tukel et al, 2002), which was supported by the correlations among the wave 1 RCADS scale scores. The present study showed that heterotypic continuity of OCD symptoms was higher than homotypic continuity.…”

The Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: recruitment, assessment instruments, methods for the development of multicenter collaborative studies and preliminary results

“…Lifetime prevalence of mood, anxiety and tic disorders are very similar to findings from previous studies with OCD patients who are under treatment. 26,43 On the other hand, this study presents original findings regarding the prevalence of specific impulse control disorders that had never been systematically investigated in such a large sample. The relatively high frequency of comorbidity with skin picking and the relatively low frequency of compulsive sexual behavior, compulsive "interneting," kleptomania and pathological gambling found in this sample may serve as an additional evidence suggesting that skin picking may be part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders 44 as opposed to a more "impulsive spectrum," which would include the other putative impulse control disorders.…”

“…In the literature, the rates for depressive episodes vary from 20-67%, for specific phobias from 7%-22%, for social anxiety disorder from 8-42% and generalized anxiety disorder from 8-32%. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38] The slightly higher figures for some disorders in our sample may be due to the fact that these patients are from specialized or tertiary services, which usually assist more severe cases. The 7.5% prevalence of alcohol dependence is similar to that of other clinical studies 34,39 and much lower than that of community studies, 40,41 as expected.…”

The predictive value of interpersonal schemas, perfectionism, and thought action-fusion in obsessive-compulsive disorder / Obsesif-kompulsif bozuklukta kişilerarası şemalar, mükemmeliyetçilik ve düşünce-eylem kaynaşmasının yordayıcı rolü

“…Therefore, perceived insufficiency on growth opportunities may lead to both a perfectionist style and the onset of obsessive symptoms as a control mechanism. In addition, Tükel et al (40) accentuated that the levels of anxiety and depression predict severity of obsessive compulsive reactions and dysfunctional thinking may possibly lead to exacerbation in overall symptom severity. With respect to composite relations between limitedness schemas and obsessive compulsive symptoms, researchers state that poor expectancies about opportunities and intimate relations directed by limitedness schemas may result in low motivation, maladaptive coping styles against stressful life challenges and impairments in affective regulation (25,41).…”