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Phenomenology of obsessive–compulsive disorder in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Juang YeongYuh,
Liu ChiaYih
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00915.x
Subject(s) - comorbidity , psychology , psychiatry , pathological , clinical psychology , obsessive compulsive , orderliness , major depressive disorder , depressive symptoms , psychopathology , medicine , anxiety , cognition , psychoanalysis
This study was designed to assess the phenomenology, comorbidities, correlation with depressive disorders, and gender differences in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in Taiwan. Two hundred outpatients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of OCD according to DSM‐IV were included. Patient characteristics, age at onset, symptom profile, and Axis I comorbidity were recorded. Gender differences, age at onset, and comorbidity of depressive disorders among different subtypes of OCD were compared. The most common obsession was contamination, followed by pathological doubt, and need for symmetry. The most common compulsion was checking, followed by washing, and orderliness compulsions. More men than women presented with the obsession of need for symmetry. Eighty‐three (41.5%) subjects had comorbid depressive disorders. Women had more major depressive disorder. Patients with somatic obsessions were more likely to have major depressive disorder. Most clinical characteristics of OCD in Taiwan were similar to that of previous studies in other countries.