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R H Ratnasuriya1, I M Marks, D M Forshaw

  • 1Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London.

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|August 1, 1991
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients with marked slowness often exhibit mental rituals. This specific OCD subtype predominantly affects males and may be linked to prenatal or delivery complications.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by obsessions and compulsions.
  • Behavioral treatments are a common therapeutic approach for OCD.
  • Specific symptom presentations within OCD can influence treatment response and patient demographics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and characterize patients with marked slowness as a distinct symptom in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • To investigate the relationship between this slowness symptom and other ritualistic behaviors.
  • To explore demographic and etiological factors associated with this OCD subtype.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of patient records from a behavioral treatment program.

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  • Identification of patients (n=22) exhibiting marked slowness not primarily related to washing behaviors.
  • Categorization of slowness based on association with mental or overt rituals and ruminations.

    • Main Results:

    • Twenty-two out of 665 referred patients (3.3%) presented with marked slowness secondary to mental or overt rituals/ruminations.
    • Over 90% of these patients with slowness were male.
    • More than 25% of patients with slowness reported pre-natal or delivery complications.

    Conclusions:

    • Marked slowness, when secondary to mental or overt rituals, represents a specific subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    • This subtype is disproportionately prevalent in males.
    • A potential link exists between pre-natal/delivery issues and the development of this OCD symptom presentation.