title: Comparison of obsessions and compulsions in patients with anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder.
abstract: Patients with anorexia nervosa (n = 18) and patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (n = 16) had similar scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (19 + or - 9 vs. 22 + or - 6). This suggests that these disorders have similar magnitude of impairment from obsessions and compulsions; however, OCD patients endorsed a wide variety of obsessions and compulsions, whereas anorexics tended to endorse symptoms that were related to symmetry and order.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bastiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altemus
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pigott
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Weltzin
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales