title: [Post-partum as a specific risk factor for the onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical-controlled study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to evaluate the presence of triggering life-events for the onset of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in women (OCD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical controlled study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Service for depressive and anxiety disorders; Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric Unit, University of Turin.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study compares twenty-nine women with OCD (DSM-IV criteria) with twenty-nine healthy control women matched for demographic features and with twenty-nine women with Bulimia Nervosa (DSM-IV criteria) matched for age, age at onset, education and marital status. All patients were assessed with the Clinical Structured Interview for DSMIII-R (SCID) and with the Interview for Recent Life Event by Paykel. Moreover, OCD patients were assessed with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and bulimic patients with the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study demonstrates that the only specific life event that is significantly associated with the onset of OCD is "having a new born child" No significant differences in frequency and severity of stressing life events were found in the three groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results confirms the findings of our previous study: post partum is the only risk factor for the onset of OCD in female population, compared to healthy control. Furthermore, this research points-out the importance and the specificity of this association showing that post partum is not a risk factor in all psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Servizio per i disturbi depressivi e d'ansia, Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaschetto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ziero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bogetto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Il post partum come fattore di rischio specifico per l'esordio del disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo: studio clinico controllato.