EXPLORING SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CORRELATES OF OLDER ADULTS WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS (ICOCS)

. Introduction Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling condition, often showing an early onset (1). OCD has been extensively studied in adults, adolescents, and children, but a critial gap remains in the clinical characterization of older patients (2). The present study was aimed to assess prevalence of geriatric OCD (G-OCD ≥ 65 years) and associated sociodemographic and clinical correlates of geriatric OCD in a large …