Open AccessIncreased Self-Report of Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors Among Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Epameidas Lyros,
Lambros Messinis,
George Dendias,
Christos Siavelis,
Aggeliki Triantafyllou,
Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6699
pISSN - 1523-5998
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.09m00841blu
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , beck anxiety inventory , beck depression inventory , anxiety , medicine , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Patients with end-stage renal insufficiency undergoing hemodialysis show important psychiatric morbidity, particularly increased depression and anxiety. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms, however, are much less frequently investigated. The purpose of the present study was thus to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms in hemodialysis patients.