Orri Smárason, Robert R Selles, Davíð R M A Højgaard, John R Best, Karin Melin, Tord Ivarsson, Per Hove Thomsen, Bernhard Weidle, Nicole Michelle McBride, Eric A Storch, Daniel Geller, Sabine Wilhelm, Lara J Farrell, Allison M Waters, Sharna Mathieu, Noam Soreni, S Evelyn Stewart, Gudmundur Skarphedinsson
Given diverse symptom expression and high rates of comorbid conditions, the present study explored underlying commonalities among OCD-affected children and adolescents to better conceptualize disorder presentation and associated features. Data from 830 OCD-affected participants presenting to OCD specialty centers was aggregated. Dependent mixture modeling was used to examine latent clusters based on their age- and gender adjusted symptom severity (as measured by the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; CY-BOCS), symptom type (as measured by factor scores calculated from the CY-BOCS symptom checklist), and comorbid diagnoses (as assessed via diagnostic interviews)...
April 18, 2024: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry