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Primary obsessional slowness: long-term findings

T Takeuchi1, A Nakagawa, H Harai

  • 1Hizen National Hospital, Saga-ken, Japan.

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|May 1, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Primary obsessional slowness (POS) is a distinct condition, not secondary to other obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. Long-term observations in Japan support POS as a diagnostically independent disorder.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Primary obsessional slowness (POS) was first described in 1974.
  • POS involves significant time spent on daily activities, not directly caused by obsessions or compulsions.
  • The diagnostic independence of POS has been debated for over two decades.