title: Clinical and neuropsychological profiles of obsessive-compulsive schizophrenia: a pilot study.
abstract: This pilot study compared characteristics of obsessive-compulsive (OC) schizophrenic patients and a matched non-OC schizophrenic control group. The OC-schizophrenic group required more intensive clinical interventions and had a poorer clinical course, lower levels of functioning, and longer periods of hospitalization. They showed greater negative symptoms and more impaired executive functioning. These findings suggest OC-schizophrenic patients may have an atypical set of clinical and neuropsychiatric characteristics, perhaps constituting a subgroup within the schizophrenia spectrum. Pathophysiology and possible treatment implications require further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange 07018, USA.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Losconzcy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology