Objective: To develop a short, cost-effective screening measure for adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: The 20-item Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version and the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire were completed by five groups of adolescents: those with a predominant DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD (n = 9), major depressive disorder with comorbid OCD (n = 14), major depressive dis...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are highly comorbid, and appear to share a common neurophysiological dysfunction that contributes to the obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviours seen in both disorders. Obsessive-compulsive personality (OCP) traits are also important risk factors for AN. Since excessive exercise has also been associated with greater obsessiona...

Over-valued ideas are truly a neglected area of psychopathology with few experimental studies published. There is a different emphasis in the USA and Europe regarding their definition. For authors in the USA an over-valued idea has become shorthand for 'poor insight' in the middle of a continuum of obsessional doubts to delusional certainty. Compared to negative thoughts, obsessions and delusio...

BACKGROUND Overactive bladder syndrome is characterized by urinary urgency, usually accompanied by Frequent urination and nocturia, with or without urgent urinary incontinence. There must be the absence of causative infection or pathological conditions. Overactive bladder syndrome is related to mental disorders, particularly depression and anxiety. However, obsessive-compulsive symptoms are inv...

Born a little time after the death of his sister, our patient, Antoine, 13 years old, was suffering from severe obsessional compulsive disorders, which needed care in the hospital and adapted treatment. We tried to know if what we were led to observe by this adolescent could be explained by works and thoughts around the notion of substitute child. Building our thought on various theoretical app...

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and the related disorders are subsumed under chronic psychiatric disorders which are of psychosocial and therapeutic importance. In most studies, the mean age of onset of significant OCD symptoms is adolescence period. The aim of this study was to evaluate OCD symptoms, Tic disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Trichotilomania amon...