Brakoulias2017 - Comorbidity, age of onset and suicidality in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), An international collaboration

  • Type:#article
  • Year read:#read2022
  • Subject: OCD
  • Bibtex: @brakoulias2017
  • Bibliography: Brakoulias, V., Starcevic, V., Belloch, A., Brown, C., Ferrao, Y. A., Fontenelle, L. F., Lochner, C., Marazziti, D., Matsunaga, H., Miguel, E. C., Reddy, Y. C. J., do Rosario, M. C., Shavitt, R. G., Shyam Sundar, A., Stein, D. J., Torres, A. R., & Viswasam, K. (2017). Comorbidity, age of onset and suicidality in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): An international collaboration. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 76, 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.04.002

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  • Data from 7 clinical OCD centers on 5 continents, n = 3711
  • Current: depression (28.4%), OC personality disorder (24.5%), GAD (19.3%), specific phobia (19.2%), social phobia (18.5%).
  • Lifetime: depression (50.5%), OC personality disorder (44.5%), GAD (24%), specific phobia (25.5%), social phobia 26.4%)
  • Lifetime suicide attempt 9%