Until the early 1980s, the only estimate of the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD) in the general population was 0.05%. Data collected from the Epidemiology …

Originally considered a rare disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has been
shown to be quite common with a 1% point prevalence in many cultures. Comorbidity with …

Obsessive compulsive disorder is now recognized as a common psychiatric disorder. The
lifetime prevalence of 2% to 3% found in the United States has also been found in …

The literature on the epidemiology and genetics of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is
reviewed. The application of recently developed diagnostic criteria, psychometric testing …

This study addressed the incidence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults in the
general population. The Baltimore cohort of 3481 subjects, originally sampled during the …

Data on the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders from different parts of the world using
similar methods and diagnostic criteria have previously not been available. This article …

Objective: To examine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and DSM-IV
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the authors conducted a telephone survey of 2,261 …

Several lines of evidence support the concept of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) as a
heterogeneous illness. Using a range of factors such as demographic, psychosocial, and …

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
as recognized in clinical settings. The authors report data on the prevalence of clinically …

• The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder was measured in five US communities
among more than 18500 persons in residential settings as part of the National Institute of …