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Relationship of obsessive—compulsive symptomatology to anxiety, depression and schizotypy in a clinical population
Author(s) -
Norman Ross M. G.,
Davies Felicity,
Malla Ashok K.,
Cortese Leonard,
Nicholson Ian R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01211.x
Subject(s) - schizotypy , anxiety , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , obsessive compulsive , anxiety disorder , cognition , mood , clinical psychology , psychosis , population , mood disorders , medicine , economics , environmental health , macroeconomics
The relationship of obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology to anxiety disorders, mood disorders and schizophrenia continues to be controversial. In a sample of 117 psychiatric out‐patients, we examined the relationship of obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology to indices of anxiety, depression and schizotypy. The relationship between obsessive‐compulsive symptomatology and schizotypy was found to be significantly higher than that between obsessive‐compulsive symptoms and either anxiety or depression. These findings are consistent with recent studies suggesting that there are similar cognitive deficits associated with obsessive‐compulsive symptoms and schizotypy and that obsessive‐compulsive disorders may be more closely aligned to the schizophrenic constellation of disorders than to anxiety disorders.