Pattern of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Osama Mohamed Mahgoub, Hassan Babiker Abdel-Hafeiz

The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1991 · 93 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

In 32 Muslim Saudis with obsessive-compulsive disorder, compulsive acts (78%) and doubts (66%) were the commonest forms. Religious themes predominated in both the obsessions and compulsions.

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