TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse

Gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder: findings from a large Indian sample.

Cherian AV, Narayanaswamy JC, Viswanath B, Guru N, George CM, Bada Math S, Kandavel T, Janardhan Reddy YC

Asian J Psychiatr . 2014;9 :17-21

📅 01/06/2014 PMID : 24813030 DOI : 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.12.012

Résumé

AIM: Gender has been considered as one of the possible factors mediating phenotypic expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined gender differences in a large sample of subjects with OCD from India with respect to socio-demographic parameters, symptom characteristics, and comorbidity patterns.METHODS: Consecutive patients (n=545) who consulted a specialty OCD clinic over 5 years at a large psychiatric hospital in India were evaluated.RESULTS: Men (n=332) compared to women (n=213) with OCD had an earlier onset (p