QUALITY OF LIFE IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe mental disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 1.6{%} in the US population, although the identified obsessive-compulsive spectrum may affect up to 10{%} of the US population. Furthermore, OCD is a chronic, profoundly disabling illness that impacts negatively on the academic, occupational, social and family patients’ functioning as well as on their families’ lives. Indeed, OCD is tenth in the World Bank’s and WHO’s ten leading causes of disability ranking.