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- Title
Influence of age of onset on clinical features in obsessive–compulsive disorder.
- Authors
Tükel, Raşit; Ertekin, Erhan; Batmaz, Serap; Alyanak, Filiz; Sözen, Atiye; Aslantaş, Banu; Atli, Hatice; Özyildrim, İlker
- Abstract
We compared early-onset and late-onset obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) patients in terms of demographic and clinical features. One hundred sixteen outpatients whose primary diagnosis was OCD according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were recruited. Early-onset (n=50) and late-onset (n=66) OCD groups were compared with respect to demographic variables and scores obtained on various scales. A male gender predominance was found in early-onset OCD group. Symmetry/exactness obsessions, religious obsessions, hoarding/saving obsessions, and hoarding/collecting compulsions also were significantly more frequent in the early-onset group than in the late-onset group. The results may suggest a phenotypic difference between the two groups. Further studies are needed to investigate the differences between early-onset and late-onset OCD groups to examine the hypothesis that early-onset OCD is a distinct subtype of the disorder. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL depression; NEUROSES; ANXIETY
- Publication
Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269), 2005, Vol 21, Issue 3, p112
- ISSN
1091-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/da.20065