Comparison of obsessions and compulsions in patients with anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder.
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.
Bastiani
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Altemus
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Pigott
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Rubenstein
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Weltzin
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Kaye
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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