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Natural history of obsessional neurosis.

Einar Kringlen
- 01 Nov 1970 - 
- Vol. 2, Iss: 4, pp 403-419
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This article is published in Seminars in psychiatry.The article was published on 1970-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 94 citations till now.

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The Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Five US Communities

TL;DR: The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder was measured in five US communities among more than 18,500 persons in residential settings as part of the National Institute of Mental Health--sponsored Epidemiologic Catchment Area program, finding rates about 25 to 60 times greater than had been estimated on the basis of previous studies of clinical populations.
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Clinical characteristics and family history in DSM-III obsessive-compulsive disorder.

TL;DR: The authors present the clinical characteristics, demographic features, and family history of a clinical sample of 44 patients who met DSM-III criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder, which should prove useful in further epidemiologic, biologic, and behavioral studies.
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Clomipramine treatment of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder. A double-blind controlled study.

TL;DR: There was a significant improvement in observed and self-reported obsessions and compulsions that was independent of the presence of depressive symptoms at baseline and the treatment seems to be independent of an antidepressant effect.
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Twin studies on obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review

TL;DR: Only the studies using the last method have convincingly shown that, in children, obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms are heritable, with genetic influences in the range of 45% to 65%.