Comparison of clinical characteristics of familial and sporadic obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition with evidence of familiality in a considerable proportion of patients. A classification into familial and sporadic forms has been proposed to explain the heterogeneity. The current study aims to compare the demographic, clinical and comorbidity patterns of patients with and without a family history of OCD in first-degree relatives.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - July 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shyam Sundar Arumugham, Anish V. Cherian, Upasana Baruah, Biju Viswanath, Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, Suresh Bada Math, Y.C. Janardhan Reddy Source Type: research