Prevalence and clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive compulsive symptoms in Afrikaner schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder patients

Seedat, F; L. Roos, Johannes; Pretorius, H.W.; Karayiorgou, Maria; Nel, B

doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v10i4.30259

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Prevalence and clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive compulsive symptoms in Afrikaner schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder patients

Published in African Journal of Psychiatry • Apr 3, 2008

Authors:

F Seedat

Johannes L. Roos

H.W. Pretorius

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There is evidence of variation in the prevalence of co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia amongst ethnic groups. This study evaluated the lifetime prevalence and clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)/ obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in Afri...

Subject

Schizoaffective disorder

Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

Psychiatry

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