Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: implications for future psychiatric classifications.
Although obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not considered primary features, they are prevalent, independent of psychosis, and substantially modify clinical characteristics, course, treatment and prognosis of schizophrenia. The authors highlight the clinical significance of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia, provide diagnostic criteria for "schizo-obsessive" patients and address future directions for research.
Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel 30200, Israel. poyurovs@tx.technion.ac.il
Michael
M
Poyurovsky
Joseph
J
Zohar
Ira
I
Glick
Lorrin M
LM
Koran
Ronit
R
Weizman
Rajiv
R
Tandon
Abraham
A
Weizman
D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology