Open AccessShared or induced obsessive compulsive disorder: Is it a reality?
Author(s) -
VC Kirpekar,
Sushil Gawande,
Rahul Tadke,
SH Bhave,
A Faye
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.124718
Subject(s) - obsessive compulsive , psychopathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , psychiatry , psychosis , modalities , treatment modality , clinical psychology , medicine , social science , surgery , sociology
Shared or induced obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is not yet a distinct diagnosis in classification of psychiatric disorders. In fact, though recognized as a diagnostic category, shared or induced psychotic disorders are rare and most of the literature is based on the case reports.