title: [Obsessive-compulsive disorders].
abstract: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness, until recently considered a rare, mainly neurotic condition with poor prognosis. However, epidemiologic studies have shown that the condition has a 25-50 times higher frequency than previously assumed. A review of occurrence, phenomenology and comorbidity is given. Newer theories of etiology are discussed, underpinning neurobiological aspects of the illness. In its most severe forms OCD is a condition with a socially crippling course, but with the introduction of anti-depressants acting on serotonin reuptake the therapeutic possibilities have increased, especially when these drugs are given in combination with behaviour therapy.
authors.affiliation: Psykiatrisk afdeling O, Rigshospitalet, København.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Bolwig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Obsessive-kompulsive tilstande.