Lifetime comorbidity of obsessive-compulsive disorder and sub-threshold obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in the community: impact, prevalence, socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.

Abstract

This study aims to expand the available knowledge on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)-comorbidity by investigating the prevalence and clinical impact on a group of individuals with OCD or subthreshold OC syndrome (OCS), prospectively followed-up over an extended period.