title: Pattern of obsessive-compulsive disorder in eastern Saudi Arabia.
abstract: In 32 Muslim Saudis with obsessive-compulsive disorder, compulsive acts (78%) and doubts (66%) were the commonest forms. Religious themes predominated in both the obsessions and compulsions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Mahgoub
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Abdel-Hafeiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology