Obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidity: clinical assessment and therapeutic implications

Obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidity: clinical assessment and therapeutic implications

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1-3% of the population.OCD DVI is probably an etiologically heterogeneous condition.Individuals with OCD frequently have additional psychiatric disorders concomitantly or at some time during their lifetime.Recently, some authors proposed an OCD sub-classification based on co-morbidity.

An important issue in assessing comorbidity is the fact that the non-response to treatment often involves the presence of comorbid conditions.Non-responsive patients are more likely to meet criteria for comorbid axis I or axis Motor Start Capacitor II disorders and the presence of a specific comorbid condition could be a distinguishing feature in OCD, with influence on the treatment adequacy and outcome.