Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: preliminary results of a prospective follow-up study

S Walitza; H Zellmann; B Irblich; K W Lange; O Tucha; U Hemminger; K Wucherer; V Rost; H Reinecker; C Wewetzer; A Warnke

doi:10.1007/s00702-007-0841-2

Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: preliminary results of a prospective follow-up study

J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2008;115(2):187-90. doi: 10.1007/s00702-007-0841-2. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

Authors

S Walitza¹, H Zellmann, B Irblich, K W Lange, O Tucha, U Hemminger, K Wucherer, V Rost, H Reinecker, C Wewetzer, A Warnke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. walitza@kjp.uni-wuerzburg.de

PMID: 18200431
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-007-0841-2

Abstract

In the present study, we have investigated the influence of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on early onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). For that purpose, we compared 20 patients with "OCD with ADHD" and 20 randomly selected patients with "OCD without ADHD". "OCD with ADHD" patients tended to show an earlier age of OCD onset, a higher severity of symptoms and a higher persistence rate than OCD patients without ADHD. Both groups appear to develop different patterns of comorbid disorders.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age of Onset
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / epidemiology*
Child
Comorbidity
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / epidemiology*
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Random Allocation
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index