A follow-up study of obsessional neurotics in Hong Kong Chinese.

The article presents a study which investigates the course and prognosis of obsessional neurosis in the clinics and hospitals of the Hong Kong Mental Health Service. There were 88 obsessional neurotics included who were classified into different categories including obsessive-compulsive, phobic-ruminative, and atypical obsessional. The control group consist of same number of schizophrenic patients at the Tsim Sha Tsui Psychiatric Clinic. Results of the study indicated that the intelligence of obsessional patients was significantly higher than that of schizophrenics. Patients with a good prognosis were seen after a shorter period of suffering compared to patients with poor prognosis.