Obsessional-compulsive complaints

Obsessive‐compulsive disorder is not a clinical manifestation of the DYT1 dystonia gene

“…This subscale pertains to the slow repetitive behavior [Hodgson and Rachman, 1977] and the greatest differences on the MOCI slow scale between MC and NMC were in questions related to the time it takes to accomplish various tasks. Further, the MOCI slow subscale was associated with the severity of dystonia symptoms suggesting that score differences were a direct effect of motor disability.…”

“…The instrument yields total obsessionality score and four subtotal scores: checking, cleaning, slowness, and doubting. The MOCI has adequate reliability and the total score is significantly correlated with other OCD assessments [Hodgson and Rachman, 1977;Richter et al, 1994].…”

“…OCS was assessed via the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) [Hodgson and Rachman, 1977]. The instrument yields total obsessionality score and four subtotal scores: checking, cleaning, slowness, and doubting.…”

Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

“…Historically, attempts to classify patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder on the basis of their clinical phenotype have met with limited success (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). Early descriptive efforts yielded a rough topology that lacked a sound empirical basis (4,5).…”

“…Early descriptive efforts yielded a rough topology that lacked a sound empirical basis (4,5). Other difficulties have included the use of symptom inventories that are biased toward specific symptoms, such as checking or cleaning, or that omit key symptoms, such as hoarding, obsessions concerning symmetry or exactness, ordering and arranging obsessions and compulsions, and religious obsessions (6)(7)(8). As pointed out by Baer and colleagues (9, 10), such biases inherently limit the value of these reports.…”