Obsessive-compulsive disorder: defining the phenotype.
Characterizing the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) phenotype is important for treatment and etiologic studies. This article describes a family-study approach for identifying the spectrum of conditions related to OCD and subtyping OCD cases into homogeneous subtypes.
Nestadt
Gerald
G
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Samuels
Jack F
JF
Riddle
Mark A
MA
Bienvenu
O Joseph
OJ
Liang
Kung-Yee
KY
Grados
Marco A
MA
Cullen
Bernadette
B
D017668:Age of Onset; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D012107:Research Design