Phenomenology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Eastern India

Abstract

: Background : The present study focuses on the symptoms and signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as per 2 DSM IV (APA 1994) and ICD 10 (WHO, 1992), were studied by administering Y-BOCS symptom checklist (Goodman, 1989), Kneeding out types of obsessions and compulsions and their sub-types. The presence of depression 3 and suicidal ideas were assessed by administering HAM-D (Hamilton, 1960), Results: The patients diagnosed as OCD are not a single nosological entity. Each patient must be differentially diagnosed.