The relationship between obsessive–compulsive disorder and anxiety and affective disorders: results from the Johns Hopkins OCD Family Study

NESTADT, G.; SAMUELS, J.; RIDDLE, M. A.; LIANG, K.-Y.; BIENVENU, O. J.; HOEHN-SARIC, R.; GRADOS, M.; CULLEN, B.

doi:10.1017/s0033291701003579

The relationship between obsessive–compulsive disorder and anxiety and affective disorders: results from the Johns Hopkins OCD Family Study

Objective. This study investigates the relationship of specific anxiety and affective disorders to obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in a blind, controlled family study. Method. Eighty case and 73 control probands, as well as 343 case and 300 control first-degree relatives of these probands, pa…