title: On the diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: This article deals with the diagnostic criteria of obsessive-compulsive neurosis. Attention is given to the diagnostic problems related to patients presenting with symptoms similar to those that accompany obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoogduin
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013850:Thinking; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis