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The prevalence of obsessive‐compulsive disorder in Japan: A study of students using the Maudsley Obsessional‐Compulsive Inventory and DSM‐III‐R
Author(s) -
TADAI TOSHIAKI,
NAKAMURA MICHIHIKO,
OKAZAKI SHINYA,
NAKAJIMA TERUO
Publication year - 1995
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 - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1995.tb01854.x
Subject(s) - obsessive compulsive , psychology , psychiatry , population , clinical psychology , medicine , environmental health
The prevalence of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) was measured in 424 Japanese students using a Japanese version of the Maudsley Obsessional‐Compulsive Inventory (MOCI‐J). Six students (1.7%) of 350 interviewed students were diagnosed as OCD according to DSM‐III‐R. When the cut‐off point of the MOCI‐J was 12, the sensitivity was 100% and the specificity was 96%. Our results suggest that individuals with OCD are not rare among the young Japanese population and that the MOCI‐J is a useful tool for screening OCD.