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Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder comprises a hypothesized spectrum of psychiatric and medical disorders thought to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).[1] Many of these disorders overlap with OCD in symptomatic profile, demographics, family history, neurobiology, comorbidity, clinical course and response to various pharmacotherapies.[1]
Proposed OCD spectrum disorders
Proposed OCD spectrum disorders
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]