Obsessive-compulsive characteristics in patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis.
To explore suggested relationships between involuntary motor disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), we evaluated obsessive-compulsive characteristics in patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (IST). Twenty-two patients with IST had significantly higher scores than 29 age- and sex-matched healthy controls on the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and the obsessionality subscale of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. The IST patients also had higher (though not significantly so) scores on the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory. Their Beck Depression Inventory scores were likewise higher than those of controls. These results provide additional support for the theory of a link between basal ganglia disorders and psychiatric disorders.
Bihari
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Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD.
Hill
J L
JL
Murphy
D L
DL
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D014103:Torticollis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*