title: Obsessive-compulsive disorders in Benin: five case reports.
abstract: We report 5 cases of obsessive-compulsive disorders diagnosed among a sample of Beninese psychiatric outpatients. This type of report does not support the idea that this disorder is very rare in black Africa. Moreover, it appears that the clinical and epidemiological characteristics are not really different from those described in other continents.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuropsychiatrie, CNHU, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertschy
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ahyi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001541:Benin; D044383:Black People; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology