The global assessment of OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common mental disorder that often causes great sufferance, with substantial impairment in social functioning and quality of life and affects family and significant relationships. Notwithstanding its severity, OCD is often not adequately diagnosed, or it is di...
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| author | Ilenia Pampaloni Sabina Marriott Enrico Pessina Claire Fisher Anusha Govender Heba Mohamed Augusta Chandler Himanshu Tyagi Lucy Morris Stefano Pallanti |
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| description | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common mental disorder that often causes great sufferance, with substantial impairment in social functioning and quality of life and affects family and significant relationships. Notwithstanding its severity, OCD is often not adequately diagnosed, or it is diagnosed with delay, leading often to a long latency between onset of the OCD symptoms and the start of adequate treatments. Several factors contribute to the complexity of OCD’s clinical picture: early age of onset, chronic course, heterogeneity of symptoms, high rate of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, slow or partial response to therapy. Therefore, it is of primary importance for clinicians involved in diagnosing OCD, to assess all aspects of the disorder.This narrative review focuses on the global assessment of OCD, highlighting crucial areas to explore, pointing out the clinical features which are relevant for the treatment of the disorder, and giving an overview of the psychometric tools that can be useful during the screening procedure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fa07f32c1eb4ec88bd539ec33306a6b2022-12-22T04:05:06ZengElsevierComprehensive Psychiatry0010-440X2022-10-01118152342The global assessment of OCDIlenia Pampaloni0Sabina Marriott1Enrico Pessina2Claire Fisher3Anusha Govender4Heba Mohamed5Augusta Chandler6Himanshu Tyagi7Lucy Morris8Stefano Pallanti9South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UK; Corresponding author.South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKDipartimento di Salute Mentale ASL Cuneo 2, Alba, ItalySouth West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKSouth West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKSouth West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKSouth West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKUniversity College London Hospital NHS foundation Trust, London, UKSouth West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, London, UKAlbert Einstein Institute, New York, USA; Istututo di Neuroscienze, Firenze, ItalyObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common mental disorder that often causes great sufferance, with substantial impairment in social functioning and quality of life and affects family and significant relationships. Notwithstanding its severity, OCD is often not adequately diagnosed, or it is diagnosed with delay, leading often to a long latency between onset of the OCD symptoms and the start of adequate treatments. Several factors contribute to the complexity of OCD’s clinical picture: early age of onset, chronic course, heterogeneity of symptoms, high rate of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, slow or partial response to therapy. Therefore, it is of primary importance for clinicians involved in diagnosing OCD, to assess all aspects of the disorder.This narrative review focuses on the global assessment of OCD, highlighting crucial areas to explore, pointing out the clinical features which are relevant for the treatment of the disorder, and giving an overview of the psychometric tools that can be useful during the screening procedure.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000487Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderAssessmentDiagnostic toolsComorbidity |
| spellingShingle | Ilenia Pampaloni Sabina Marriott Enrico Pessina Claire Fisher Anusha Govender Heba Mohamed Augusta Chandler Himanshu Tyagi Lucy Morris Stefano Pallanti The global assessment of OCD Comprehensive Psychiatry Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Assessment Diagnostic tools Comorbidity |
| title | The global assessment of OCD |
| title_full | The global assessment of OCD |
| title_fullStr | The global assessment of OCD |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global assessment of OCD |
| title_short | The global assessment of OCD |
| title_sort | global assessment of ocd |
| topic | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Assessment Diagnostic tools Comorbidity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000487 |
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