title: Perceived parental characteristics of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and panic disorder.
abstract: It has been hypothesized that parents of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder exhibit specific traits. 320 consecutive inpatient admissions who met criteria for OCD, depression, and panic disorder checked a list of adjectives to describe their parents. Patients with OCD were 1) less likely to perceive their mothers as disorganized than depressives, 2) more likely to perceive their mothers as overprotective than depressives and 3) less likely to perceive their fathers as demanding than patients with panic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Providence Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97213.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Staebler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010343:Patient Admission; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012938:Social Perception