Background: Surprisingly little is known about the long-term course of obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD). This prospective study presents 2-year course findings, as well as …

Objective: This article describes the method and intake findings of the Brown Longitudinal
Obsessive Compulsive Study, the first comprehensive prospective investigation of the …

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous and disabling
condition; however, no studies have examined symptom categories or subtypes as …

Background: In contrast to a wealth of research on the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD), there is a relative paucity of work examining how OCD begins. Available …

Objective: This study examined the course of illness in patients with obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) over a 2-year period. Method: Sixty-six patients with a primary diagnosis of …

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate demographic and clinical factors
associated with the long‐term outcome of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods A …

Objective. Studies suggest that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an unremitting
disorder. We report a prospective, longitudinal investigation into OCD and sub-diagnostic …

There has been little research examining clinical correlates of late-onset OCD in a large
sample of individuals with a primary diagnosis of OCD. Using a sample of 293 consecutive …

Objective: Two methods for predicting remissions in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD)
treatment are evaluated. Y‐BOCS measurements of 88 patients with a primary OCD (DSM …

Systematic studies of course of illness in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) using
standardized diagnostic criteria are relatively rare. In the present study, 100 patients …