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Parents of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Thomas R. Insel ,
Carol Hoover  and
Dennis L. Murphy
Thomas R. Insel*
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuropharmacology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Carol Hoover
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuropharmacology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr T. R. Insel, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Clinical Center, Building 10, Room 3D41, Bethesda, MD 20205, USA.
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Synopsis

Family histories obtained from 27 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder failed to find a single parent with the disorder. To augment the family history data the Leyton Obsessional Inventory was completed by a subset of 10 patients and by their 20 parents. Although as a group parents showed lower Leyton Obsessional Inventory symptom scores than their obsessional offspring, 3 parents who had not been identified by family history were distinguished by high symptom scores in the absence of significant resistance or interference.

Type
Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 1983 , pp. 807 - 811
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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