Back to Search
Start Over
Impulse control disorders in children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder
- Publication Year :
- 2009
-
Abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine current prevalences, clinical correlates and patterns of co-occurrence of impulse control disorders (ICDs) in children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined rates and clinical correlates of comorbid ICDs in 70 consecutive child and adolescent subjects with lifetime DSM-IV OCD (32.9% females; mean age = 13.8 ± 2.9 years). Comorbidity data were obtained with structured clinical interviews using DSM-IV criteria. OCD severity was assessed with the Child Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. All variables were compared in OCD subjects with and without current ICDs. 12 (17.1%) subjects met criteria for a current ICD. Pathological skin picking and compulsive nail biting were the most common ICDs with current rates of 12.8% and 10.0%, respectively. OCD subjects with current ICDs were significantly more likely to have a co-occurring tic disorder (66.7% vs. 20.7%; p=.003). Although having an ICD was associated with greater numerical scores of OCD symptomatology, these differences were not statistically significant. There were no sex-specific patterns of ICD occurrence in children and adolescents with OCD. Certain ICDs are common among children and adolescents with OCD. Better identification of ICDs in children and adolescents with OCD is needed, as are empirically validated treatments for youth with co-occurring ICDs.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Tic disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Impulse control disorder
Adolescent
Comorbidity
behavioral disciplines and activities
Severity of Illness Index
Article
Severity of illness
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Child
Biological Psychiatry
Nail biting
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
medicine.disease
humanities
Substance abuse
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
Psychiatry and Mental health
Dual diagnosis
Female
Psychology
Anxiety disorder
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8ac688f0bdd5201038f1529f8e4fb4bc