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Kessler et al. 2005
- social characteristics of OCD |
The age of onset for OCD is usually in late teens and early 20’s and it affects around 2% of the population across the world
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Jakes (1996)
- subgroups of OCD |
Believes that there subgroups of patients who differ in the nature of their compulsions e.g. some have mainly checking compulsions while others engage in cleaning rituals
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Rasmussen and Eisen (1991)
- common factors to all OCD suffers |
Found some factors common to OCD suffers in most diagnosed cases:
- All experience anxiety as their overwhelming emotion - All fear that something terrible will happen, either to them or to other people, for which they will be responsible - They all believe that compulsive behaviours serve to provide temporary relief from obsessions |
