Investigating duration of illness and duration of untreated illness in obsessive compulsive disorder reveals patients remain at length pharmacologically untreated.
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract
; 23(4): 311-313, 2019 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling condition, often associated with early onset and chronic course. Early onset combined to the secretiveness that frequently characterises the condition, as well as patient's beliefs that OC symptoms do not represent a medical condition and that OCD can remit spontaneously, are all factors contributing to delayed diagnosis and first treatment, particularly of pharmacological nature.Methods:
In this short report, authors performed a review of the most recent literature in the field.Conclusions:
The current literature clearly delineates a duration of untreated illness of several years (around 7 years in the majority of the reports), which represented, on average, a portion ranging between the 40 and 70% of the overall duration of untreated illness.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tiempo de Tratamiento
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Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia