Autism and ADHD Symptoms in Patients with OCD: Are They Associated with Specific OC Symptom Dimensions or OC Symptom Severity?

In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the relationship between autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom dimensions and severity has scarcely been studied. Therefore, 109 adult outpatients with primary OCD were c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2010-05, Vol.40 (5), p.580-589
Hauptverfasser:	Anholt, Gideon E., Cath, Danielle C., van Oppen, Patricia, Eikelenboom, Merijn, Smit, Johannes H., van Megen, Harold, van Balkom, Anton J. L. M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Adults Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Attention Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Autistic Disorder - diagnosis Autistic Disorder - epidemiology Autistic Disorder - psychology Autistic spectrum disorders Behavior Problems Behavioral Science and Psychology Biological and medical sciences Cardiac patients Care and treatment Child and School Psychology Comorbidity Comparative Analysis Correlation Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Female Hoarding Humans Interpersonal Competence Male Medical sciences Mental Disorders Middle Aged Neurosciences Obsessive Behavior - psychology Obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - diagnosis Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - epidemiology Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology Obsessive-compulsive disorders Obsessive-Compulsive neuroses Original Paper Outpatients Pediatrics Predictor Variables Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public Health Severity Severity (of Disability) Severity of Illness Index Symptoms Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Zusammenfassung:	In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the relationship between autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom dimensions and severity has scarcely been studied. Therefore, 109 adult outpatients with primary OCD were compared to 87 healthy controls on OC, ADHD and ASD symptoms. OCD patients showed increased ADHD and autism symptom frequencies, OCD + ADHD patients reporting more autism symptoms (particularly attention switching and social skills problems) than OCD − ADHD patients. Attention switching problems were most significant predictors of OC symptom dimensions (except hoarding) and of symptom severity. Hoarding was not associated with elevated autism scale scores, but with inattention. In conclusion, attention switching problems may reflect both symptom overlap and a common etiological factor underlying ASD, ADHD and OCD.
ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-009-0922-1