Are obsessive–compulsive symptoms impulsive, compulsive or both?

The relationships between obsessive–compulsive symptoms and distinct forms of impulsivity and compulsivity are unclear. Such examination would be relevant in terms of how best to classify psychiatric disorders and in understanding candidate ‘latent traits’ that extend across a continuum between normalcy and clinical disorders.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Samuel R. Chamberlain, Eric W. Leppink, Sarah A. Redden, Jon E. Grant Source Type: research