Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Prevalence, Comorbidity, Impact, and Help-Seeking in the British National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of 2000

Abstract

A rare yet severe mental disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder is an atypical neurosis, of which the public health significance has been underestimated. Unmet need among individuals with pure obsessive-compulsive disorder is a cause for concern, requiring further investigation of barriers to care and interventions to encourage help-seeking.

Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Medical Students: Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates

“…Thus, more studies with larger samples are required to improve assessment of the role of religiosity as a predictor of OCS among medical and other college students. The association with depression was expected, since clinical [33][34][35][36] and epidemiological studies [31,37] have consistently shown depressive disorder as the most common comorbidity in OCD. There are clinical and cognitive similarities between these disorders, including excessive guilt, indecisiveness, catastrophic thoughts (obsessions or ruminations), estimation of risk, and personal responsibility.…”

Dependent Behavior in Patients with Medication-Overuse Headache

“…Substance-related disorders have been observed in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) [26]. Subclinical OCD was significantly prevalent in MOH patients compared with control patients, and in patients with episodic migraine and chronic migraine [27].…”

The relation between depressive and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a large, naturalistic follow-up study

“…Comorbidity is the rule rather than the exception, with major depressive disorder (MDD) being one of the most frequent comorbid diagnoses (Lochner et al, 2014;Klein Hofmeijer-Sevink et al, 2013). Comorbidity rates differ largely due to methodological differences, but overall approximately one third of the patients with OCD suffer from a current comorbid MDD, and about twothird have lifetime comorbidity of MDD (Viswanath et al, 2012;Quarantini et al, 2011;Torres et al, 2006;Pinto et al, 2006;LaSalle et al, 2004). Moreover, many OCD patients suffer from depressive symptoms, but do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for a depressive episode.…”