作者
Gabriele Masi, Stefania Millepiedi, Giulio Perugi, Chiara Pfanner, Stefano Berloffa, Cinzia Pari, Maria Mucci, Hagop S Akiskal
发表日期
2010/1/9
期刊
Psychopathology
卷号
43
期号
2
页码范围
69-78
出版商
S. Karger AG
简介
Background: Few studies have examined the impact of gender, age at onset, phenotype and comorbidity in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children. In this naturalistic study we consider these characteristics of OCD in the framework of the 4 OCD phenotypes (contamination/cleaning, order/symmetry, obsessions/checking and hoarding) proposed by Leckman et al. Sampling and Methods: A consecutive series of 257 patients aged 13.6 ± 2.8 years, diagnosed using a DSM-IV-based clinical interview (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children – Present and Lifetime Version), were included. Results: Patients with OCD onset before 12 years of age presented a higher frequency of comorbid tic disorder and disruptive behavior disorders. The type of obsession varied with gender: order/symmetry was more frequent in males, contamination/cleaning in …
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