Obsessive-compulsive disorder: defining the phenotype

Gerald Nestadt; Jack F Samuels; Mark A Riddle; O Joseph Bienvenu; Kung-Yee Liang; Marco A Grados; Bernadette Cullen

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: defining the phenotype

J Clin Psychiatry. 2002:63 Suppl 6:5-7.

Authors

Gerald Nestadt¹, Jack F Samuels, Mark A Riddle, O Joseph Bienvenu, Kung-Yee Liang, Marco A Grados, Bernadette Cullen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 12027118

Abstract

Characterizing the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) phenotype is important for treatment and etiologic studies. This article describes a family-study approach for identifying the spectrum of conditions related to OCD and subtyping OCD cases into homogeneous subtypes.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Age of Onset
Family*
Humans
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / diagnosis
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / epidemiology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / genetics*
Phenotype
Research Design

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding