Obsessive-compulsive disorder in the World Mental Health surveys

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Authors

Dan J. Stein · University of Cape Town

Ayelet Meron Ruscio · University of Pennsylvania

Yasmin Altwaijri · Harvard University

Wai Tat Chiu · Harvard University

Nancy A. Sampson · Harvard University

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola · University of Al-Qadisiyah

Ali Al-Hamzawi · Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Abstract

These cross-national data underscore clinical lessons regarding the importance of early diagnosis of OCD and comprehensive evaluation of comorbidity; draw attention to OCD as an undertreated disorder, particularly in LMIC contexts; and emphasize the public health significance of this often-overlooked condition.

Topics & Keywords

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medicine

Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 416-416

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-025-04209-5

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