Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4590
Title: OCD symptoms in a sample of Turkish patients: A phenomenological picture
Authors: Karadağ, Filiz
Oguzhanoglu, Nalan Kalkan
Özdel, Osman
Ateşci, F.Ç.
Amuk, T.
Keywords: Culture
Gender
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Religion
Sociodemographic factors
adolescent
adult
aged
aggression
article
comorbidity
compulsion
cultural factor
disease duration
female
help seeking behavior
human
imagery
major clinical study
major depression
male
mental disease
obsession
obsessive compulsive disorder
onset age
priority journal
religion
sex difference
sexual behavior
symptomatology
Turkey (republic)
Adult
Comorbidity
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural Characteristics
Depressive Disorder, Major
Ethnic Groups
Female
Health Surveys
Hospitals, University
Humans
Imagination
Male
Middle Aged
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Religion and Psychology
Religion and Sex
Turkey
Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the clinical features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the possible association between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and culture-related characteristics in a sample of Turkish patients with OCD. We studied 141 patients with OCD (according to DSM-IV criteria) consecutively admitted to our outpatient clinic during the period from February 1998 to December 2003. We used the Turkish version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) to interview all patients, and the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms and severity. The onset of OCD symptoms was earlier in males. Major depression was the most common comorbid disorder (30.5%). The most commonly occurring obsessions were contamination (56.1%), aggression (48.9%), and somatic (24.1%), followed by religious (19.9%), symmetry (18.4%), and sexual imagery (15.6%). Symmetry and sexual obsessions, and checking compulsions and rituals, tended to be more common in male patients. Dirt and contamination obsessions and washing compulsions were slightly more common in females. The vast majority of patients with religious obsessions (83%) and half of the patients with sexual obsessions had compulsions that included religious practices. Also, patients with sexual and religious obsessions had delayed seeking professional help. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4590
https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20148
ISSN: 1091-4269
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