title: Comorbidity of obsessive compulsive disorder in bipolar disorder.
abstract: The comorbidity of OCD and bipolar disorder has not been systematically examined. Therefore, we determined the frequency of patients meeting DSM-III criteria for OCD syndrome in a sample of 149 inpatients with DSM-III major affective disorder who had received a clinically reviewed structured diagnostic interview. The frequency of OCD syndrome was not significantly different between subjects with major depression (35.2%, n = 105) and bipolar disorder (35.1%, n = 37). This suggests that OCD is equally common in bipolar as in unipolar patients.
authors.affiliation: Westfalisches Zentrum für Psychiatrie, University of Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hasey
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jorna
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Persad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales