title: The Features of Comorbidity of Childhood ADHD in Patients With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
abstract: Objective:Our aim is to investigate the impact of childhood ADHD comorbidity on the clinical features of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).Method:Ninety-five adult outpatients with a diagnosis of OCD were assessed by using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version, ADHD module, and the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. Patients with or without childhood ADHD were compared in terms of the sociodemographic and clinical features, psychiatric comorbidities, and rating scales.Results:The rate of episodic course of OCD (p< .001), religious and sexual obsessions (p= .009,p= .020, respectively), lifetime comorbidity of bipolar disorder (BD), social anxiety disorder (SAD;p= .001,p= .009, respectively), and tic disorder (TD) comorbidity (p< .001) were higher in the OCD + ADHD group than in the OCD without ADHD group.Conclusion:Childhood ADHD may be associated with higher rates of BD, SAD, and TD comorbidity and episodic course of OCD as well as higher frequency of certain types of obsessions.
authors.affiliation: Zonguldak Kadın Dogum ve Cocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi, Zonguldak, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Çelebi
authors.affiliation: Academy Social Phobia Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Behiye
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alyanak
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Raşit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tükel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: ADHD; OCD; bipolar disorder; episodic OCD; tic disorders