An epidemiological study of obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders in Israeli adolescents.
Five hundred and sixty-two, 16- to 17-year-old consecutive inductees into the Israeli Army, constituting a random sample of their cohort, were screened for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette's syndrome, transient tics (TT), chronic multiple tics (CMT), and attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). Two child psychiatrists interviewed the subjects, using screening items from structured interviews that implement DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria. For OCD, a point prevalence of 3.6% was found, 3.9% for ADHD, 1.8% for CMT, and 1.6% for TT. For ADHD, TT, and CMT, but not for OCD, there was a significantly higher prevalence for males than for females. Among the OCD individuals, there was an elevation of TT, CMT, and Tourette's syndrome relative to the population rates.
Zohar
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AH
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ratzoni
G
G
Pauls
D L
DL
Apter
A
A
Bleich
A
A
Kron
S
S
Rappaport
M
M
Weizman
A
A
Cohen
D J
DJ
D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology