Schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology in obsessive –compulsive disorder: an empirical study

In conclusion, a high proportion of clinically diagnosed OCD patients fulfilled d iagnostic criteria of a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. The conspicuous obsessive–compulsive symptomatology may have resulted in a disregard of psychotic symptoms and other psychopathology. Furthermore, the differentiation of obsessions from related psychopathological phenomena is insufficient an d a conceptual and empirical effort in this domain is required in the future.
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research