title: Compulsive behaviors and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): lack of a relationship between OCD, eating disorders, and gambling.
abstract: The lifetime prevalence of eating disorders and pathologic gambling was assessed in first-degree relatives of subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and well controls. There were no significant differences between the groups. The authors conclude that eating disorder and pathologic gambling have no familial relationship to OCD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noyes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior