title: [Obsessive-compulsive disorders versus obsessive-compulsive syndromes. Comparative study of two surveys of the general population and of psychiatric consultants].
abstract: Recent epidemiological studies were conducted in the general population, showing high rate prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), estimated between 2 and 3% in the community. Although investigation of OCD prevalence had challenged the "real" definition of diagnostic threshold-criteria. Recent data from the Zurich study and from a large french clinical survey had confirmed the high prevalence and the validity of the subsyndromal forms of OCD (which are labelled as OCS or Obsessive-Compulsive Syndroms). In the Zurich study, lifetime prevalence rates of OCS was estimated to 5.5%. Point prevalence rates of OCS was recorded at 19.2% in the French survey (population of 4364 new patients seeking psychiatric help). In the two studies, a significant association between OCS and other disorders (major depression, dysthymia, phobic disorders) was found. Lifetime suicide attempts rate was found in 16-18% of subjects suffering from OCS (respectively in the Zurich and the French studies). These results confirmed that OCS (or subsyndromal forms of OCD) seemed to represent a clinically valid subgroup which modern classification systems fail to recognize, requiring treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service hospitalo-universitaire de Santé mentale et de Thérapeutique, Hôpital Saint-Anne I, Paris.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hantouche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Troubles obsessionnels-compulsifs (TOC) versus syndromes obsessionnels-compulsifs (SOC). Etude comparative de deux enquêtes en population générale et chez des consultants en psychiatrie.