Correlates and impact of obsessive-compulsive comorbidity in bipolar disorder

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anxiety morbidity in general is frequent and harmful in bipolar disorder. Little is known, however, whether obsessive-compulsive comorbidity entails particular effects. This report aims to evaluate the prevalence and impact of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity in a relatively large clinical sample of bipolar disorder, with other lifetime anxiety comorbidities used as a more rigorous control group. METHODS: A …

Authors

Magalhães PVS; Kapczinski NS; Kapczinski F

Journal

Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 353–356

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

July 2010

DOI

10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.11.001

ISSN

0010-440X

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Flavio Kapczinski

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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