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The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in an Italian population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Ronchi ,
M Abbruzzese ,
S Erzegovesi ,
G Diaferia ,
G Sciuto  and
L Bellodi
P Ronchi
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
M Abbruzzese
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
S Erzegovesi
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
G Diaferia
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
G Sciuto
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
L Bellodi*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Sciences, University of Milan School of Medicine, S Ruffaele Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Via Prinetti 29, 20127Milan, Italy
*
*Correspondence and reprints
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Summary

This study presents the clinical and demographic characteristics of a sample of 131 patients, who met DSM III-R criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Our aim was to compare our epidemiological data with non-European research, and to investigate the relationship between OCD symptoms and other clinical features, ie other Axis I concomitant disturbances, personality disorders (Axis II) and family history. Furthermore, we evaluated the age at onset distribution according to sex, family history and presence/absence of a comorbid diagnosis of mood disorder, by means of survival analysis.

Keywords

obsessive-compulsive disorderepidemiologycomorbiditypersonality
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 53 - 59
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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