Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders: Cross-national and ethnic issues
Abstract
Epidemiological and clinical data from a variety of cultural and geographic settings on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and many of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, suggest that this is a group of disorders with a good degree of transcultural homogeneity. However, the content and themes that predominate in patients with these disorders, and the course of illness, can be shaped by cultural, ethnic, and religious experiences. Across cultures, OCD is commonly comorbid with mood, anxiety, and impulse-control disorders. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which culture and ethnicity may affect the expression of OCD and related disorders. Cross-national comparative studies exploring culturally influenced differences in clinical course, treatment outcome, including ethnogenetic differences in drug response, and prognosis are needed.
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Keywords
atypical antipsychotic agent, clomipramine, neuroleptic agent, serotonin uptake inhibitor, add on therapy, anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorder, behavior therapy, body dysmorphic disorder, brain mapping, clinical feature, cognitive defect, comorbidity, compulsive personality disorder, continuing education, cultural factor, diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, eating disorder, ethnic group, family history, generalized anxiety disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, human, hypochondriasis, impulse control disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, major depression, mental disease, mood disorder, neurobiology, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, onset age, panic, prevalence, priority journal, psychiatric diagnosis, psychopharmacotherapy, review, social phobia, symptom, trichotillomania, Brain, Cross-Sectional Studies, Culture, Ethnic Groups, Humans, Nerve Net, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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CNS Spectrums
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