Comparison of obsessions and compulsions in patients with anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder

Patients with anorexia nervosa ( n = 18) and patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ( n = 16) had similar scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (19 ± 9 vs. 22 ± 6). This suggests that these disorders have similar magnitude of impairment from obsessions and compulsions; howev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) 1996-06, Vol.39 (11), p.966-969
Hauptverfasser:	Bastiani, Andrea M., Altemus, Margaret, Pigott, Teresa A., Rubenstein, Cheryl, Weltzin, Theodore E., Kaye, Walter H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anorexia nervosa Anorexia Nervosa - psychology Biological and medical sciences compulsions Compulsive Behavior - psychology Eating behavior disorders eating disorders Female Humans Medical sciences Obsessive Behavior - psychology Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology obsessive-compulsive disorders Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry serotonin
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Zusammenfassung:	Patients with anorexia nervosa ( n = 18) and patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ( n = 16) had similar scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (19 ± 9 vs. 22 ± 6). This suggests that these disorders have similar magnitude of impairment from obsessions and compulsions; however, OCD patients endorsed a wide variety of obsessions and compulsions, whereas anorexics tended to endorse symptoms that were related to symmetry and order.
ISSN:	0006-3223 1873-2402
DOI:	10.1016/0006-3223(95)00306-1