Mataix-Cols2002 - Symptom Stability in Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Data From a Naturalistic Two-Year Follow-Up Study

  • Type:#article
  • Year read:#read2022
  • Subject: OCD
  • Bibtex: @mataix-cols2002a
  • Bibliography: Mataix-Cols, D., Rauch, S. L., Baer, L., Eisen, J. L., Shera, D. M., Goodman, W. K., Rasmussen, S. A., & Jenike, M. A. (2002). Symptom Stability in Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Data From a Naturalistic Two-Year Follow-Up Study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(2), 263–268. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.2.263

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Key takeaways

  • n = 117 outpatients with OCD
  • Patients often maintained their symptoms, and changes occurred within rather than between symptom dimensions.
  • Symptoms are waxing and waning within symptom dimensions and shifts between dimensions are rare.