The relationship of obsessive–compulsive disorder to possible spectrum disorders: results from a family study
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 August 2000
O. Joseph Bienvenu, Jack Samuels, Mark A. Riddle, Rudolf Hoehn‐Saric, Kung‐Yee Liang, Bernadette Cullen
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Findings indicate that certain somatoform and pathologic grooming conditions are part of the familial OCD spectrum, though other "spectrum" conditions may resemble OCD, and they do not appear to be important parts of the family spectrum.
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These findings indicate that certain somatoform and pathologic grooming conditions are part of the familial OCD spectrum. Though other "spectrum" conditions may resemble OCD, they do not appear to be important parts of the familial spectrum.
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