Relationship of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology to anxiety, depression and schizotypy in a clinical population.
The relationship of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology to anxiety disorders, mood disorders and schizophrenia continues to be controversial. In a sample of 117 psychiatric out-patients, we examined the relationship of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology to indices of anxiety, depression and schizotypy. The relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptomatology and schizotypy was found to be significantly higher than that between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and either anxiety or depression. These findings are consistent with recent studies suggesting that there are similar cognitive deficits associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms and schizotypy and that obsessive-compulsive disorders may be more closely aligned to the schizophrenic constellation of disorders than to anxiety disorders.
Norman
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Davies
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Malla
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Cortese
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Nicholson
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*