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Should OCD be classified as an anxiety disorder in DSM‐V?
Author(s) -
Stein Dan J.,
Fineberg Naomi A.,
Bienvenu O. Joseph,
Denys Damiaan,
Lochner Christine,
Nestadt Gerald,
Leckman James F.,
Rauch Scott L.,
Phillips Katharine A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20699
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , neuroticism , anxiety disorder , depression (economics) , personality , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
In DSM‐III, DSM‐III‐R, and DSM‐IV, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) was classified as an anxiety disorder. In ICD‐10, OCD is classified separately from the anxiety disorders, although within the same larger category as anxiety disorders (as one of the “neurotic, stress‐related, and somatoform disorders”). Ongoing advances in our understanding of OCD and other anxiety disorders have raised the question of whether OCD should continue to be classified with the anxiety disorders in DSM‐V. This review presents a number of options and preliminary recommendations to be considered for DSM‐V. Evidence is reviewed for retaining OCD in the category of anxiety disorders, and for moving OCD to a separate category of obsessive–compulsive (OC)‐spectrum disorders, if such a category is included in DSM‐V. Our preliminary recommendation is that OCD be retained in the category of anxiety disorders but that this category also includes OC‐spectrum disorders along with OCD. If this change is made, the name of this category should be changed to reflect this proposed change. Depression and Anxiety, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.