Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms In Patients With Epilepsy
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Date
2017-01
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Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital
Abstract
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Patients with Epilepsy. To find out the prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms / disorder among patients of epilepsy. Patients with epilepsy diagnosed clinically at psychiatric out patients department were selected for the study. Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale was applied to find out the prevalence and nature of obsessive compulsive symptoms. A total of 93 patients were participated and it was found that 20.4 % of epilepsy patients had obsessive compulsive symptoms. The prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms among the patients of epilepsy was found to be 20.4%.
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Compulsion, Obsession, Prevalence, Epilepsy
Citation
Kumar Abhishek, Siddiqui M. Aleem, Bharti M. Aleem. Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms In Patients With Epilepsy. Era's Journal of Medical Research. 2017 Jan-Jun; 4(1): 6-8