Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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  Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms during Depressive Episode in Non-OCD Patients: A Prospective Observational Follow-Up Study
  Author(s): Anindya Kumar Ray*
  
  Background: Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder (OCD) and depression are well-known co-morbidities. But Obsessive- Compulsive-Symptoms (OCS) also occurs in non-OCD patients during depression as associated-symptoms, which has neither been adequately researched nor reflected in the nosology. This study systematically tried to look into the OCS during depressive episode in non-OCD patients. Methods: This was an observational follow-up study done at Central- Institute-of-Psychiatry, India. Male and female patients aged 18-55 years diagnosed by ICD10 as depressive episode single, recurrent or bipolar having no history of OCD treated as both in and out-patient were included in the study spanning over a period of six months. All the patients were screened with Yale-Brown- Obsessive-Compulsive-Symptoms-(YBOCS)-checklist. Patients having OCS were further r.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.21.10.425

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