Citation

Nicolini H, Weissbecker K, Mejía JM, Sánchez de Carmona M. Arch. Med. Res. 1993; 24(2): 193-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Twenty seven obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients were studied at the Instituto Mexic ano de Psiquiatría in Mexico City. This is the first sample of OCD patients studied in latin America. There was a significant sex ratio difference and a significant difference in the type of obsessions and complusions displayed by males and females. Co-morbidity data demostrated a high frequency of obsessive-compulsive personality disorders, depression, sexual abuse, suicidal attempts and neurological damage. Approximately one third of OCD cases demonstrated a positive family history. There was a higher than expected frequency of first degree relatives affected with OCD. IN addition, this study may support the hypothesis that OCD and tics are genetically related

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