title: Severity and duration of obsessive-compulsive complaints. Results of treatment.
abstract: There is no clear indication of how the severity and duration of obsessive-compulsive complaints can affect treatment results. Various studies seem to indicate that success or failure of treatment cannot be attributed to severity and duration of complaints. In this article, a bi-variant model is postulated, representing severity in combination with duration, and treatment results. Relatively short duration and relatively less severe complaints might, taken together, have predictive significance.
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods