title: Obsessive slowness revisited.
abstract: Of 665 patients referred between 1969 and 1984 for behavioural treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, 22 had marked slowness not due to washing, which was secondary to mental or overt rituals or ruminations. Over 90% of the slowness cases were male, and over a quarter had pre-natal or delivery problems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Ratnasuriya
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Forshaw
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Hymas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011930:Reaction Time; D012189:Retrospective Studies