Citation

Karno M, Golding JM, Sorenson SB, Burnam MA. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 1988; 45(12): 1094-1099.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3264144

Abstract

The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder was measured in five US communities among more than 18,500 persons in residential settings as part of the National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, Md)--sponsored Epidemiologic Catchment Area program. Lifetime prevalence rates ranged from 1.9% to 3.3% across the five Epidemiologic Catchment Area sites for obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosed without DSM-III exclusions and 1.2% to 2.4% with such exclusions. These rates are about 25 to 60 times greater than had been estimated on the basis of previous studies of clinical populations.

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