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Cluster analysis of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology: identifying obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes.
The Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences - 1 Jan 2008
Lochner Christine, Hemmings Sian M J, Kinnear Craig J, Nel Daan, Hemmings Sian M J, Seedat Soraya, Moolman-Smook Johanna C, Stein Dan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous disorder. Different clinical subtypes may be characterized by differing pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment outcomes. METHODS: A cluster analysis was performed on 45 items of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Checklist (YBOCS-CL) for 261 patients with OCD. Cluster solutions emerging at different...
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