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Family burden, quality of life and disability in obsessive compulsive disorder

GP Gururaj, SB Math, JYC Reddy, C.R. Chandrashekar

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine · 2008 · 100 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Severe OCD is associated with significant disability, poor QoL and high family burden, often comparable to schizophrenia. Therefore, there is an urgent need to increase the sensitivity among healthcare professionals to recognize and treat OCD.

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