Misophonia and its Relationship with Other Psychiatric Disorders

Aim: Research show that misophonia accompanies many psychiatric disorders and should be considered a mental disorder. Although there are suggested diagnostic criteria, no clear ones have been defined yet. This study aims to investigate the relationship of with other determine its possible category in classification systems. Material Methods: We included patients who applied outpatient clinics XX University Faculty Medicine, Department Psychiatry for first time healthy volunteers without history A sociodemographic data form, Misophonia Interview Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Depression (BDI), Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS), Yale-Brown Obsession Compulsion Rating (YBOCS) were administered participants. Results: 60.1% participants (n=158) did not misophonia, 21.3% (n=56) had disorder-level 18.6% (n=49) symptom-level misophonia. Except YBOCS-total obsession/compulsion scale scores group all mean significantly higher than those (p<0.05 each). The mostly diagnosed anxiety disorders. There was moderately positive correlation between Symptom List total score BAI an disorder (p=0.001). Conclusion: individuals support it may results most frequently is associated severity suggest can classified as classification. Recognition by clinicians development treatment algorithms will increase patients' quality life.