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Prevalence and clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia

Devi, Sugnyani and Rao, Naren P and Badamath, Suresh and Chandrashekhar, CR and Reddy, Janardhan YC (2015) Prevalence and clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia. In: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY, 56 . pp. 141-148.

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Abstract

Obsessive compulsive symptoms frequently occur in a substantial proportion of patients with schizophrenia. The term schizoobsessive has been proposed to delineate this subgroup of schizophrenia patients who present with obsessive compulsive symptoms/disorder. However, whether this co-occurrence is more than just co-morbidity and represents a distinct subgroup remains controversial. A striking variation is noted across studies examining prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms/disorder in schizophrenia patients and their impact on clinical profile of schizophrenia. Hence, in this study, we examined the prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms/disorder in a large sample of consecutively hospitalized schizophrenia patients and compared the clinical and functional characteristics of schizophrenia patients with and without obsessive compulsive symptoms/disorder. We evaluated 200 consecutive subjects with the DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale, Clinical Global Impression-Severity scale, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, Family Interview for Genetic Studies and World Health Organization Quality of Life scale. The prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia was 24% (n = 48); 37 of them had obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and II had obsessive compulsive symptoms not amounting to a clinical diagnosis of OCD (OCS). Schizophrenia patients with OCS/OCD had an earlier age at onset of schizophrenia symptoms, lower positive symptoms score, higher co-morbidity with Axis II disorders, higher occurrence of OCD in family and better quality of life. Findings of the study indicate a higher prevalence of OCS/OCD in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia patients with and without OCS/OCD have comparable clinical profile with few exceptions. High rates of OCD in first degree relatives suggest possible genetic contributions and differences in neurobiology. Finally, evidence to consider schizoobsessive as a distinct diagnostic entity is inconclusive and warrants further studies. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY
Publisher: W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
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Keywords: COGNITIVE FUNCTION; NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; CO-MORBIDITY; INSIGHT; SCALE; METAANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; FEATURES; ASSOCIATION; COMORBIDITY
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Neuroscience
Date Deposited: 29 May 2015 06:37
Last Modified: 29 May 2015 06:37
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51616

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