Abstract
BACKGROUND: Comorbid mood disorders affect the prognosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) negatively. Affective temperaments are assumed to be subsyndromal symptoms and precursors of mood dis...
Highlights
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a frequent mental health problem that leads to a significant impairment in daily and occupational functioning [1]
While there was no significant difference in terms of hyperthymic temperament (p = .955), the Mann–Whitney U test revealed that depressive (U = 1428.000, z = −3.099, p = .002), cyclothymic (U = 1066.000, z = −4.787, p = .000), irritable (U = 1391.000, z = −3.278, p = .001), and anxious (U = 1099.000, z = −4.631, p = .000) temperament scores were significantly higher in the patient group
We aimed to examine the clinical characteristics of affective temperaments and chronotype differences in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Summary
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a frequent mental health problem that leads to a significant impairment in daily and occupational functioning [1]. OCD subjects comorbid with mood disorders may require more sophisticated pharmacological treatments and higher numbers of hospitalizations [7]. It still remains unclear whether affective comorbidity is a complication of poor treatment response or chronicity in OCD or a distinct subtype causing to treatment resistance [8,9]. Comorbid mood disorders affect the prognosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) negatively. The main objective of this present study was to examine the clinical effects of affective temperaments and chronotype differences in patients with OCD. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the effects of affective temperaments and chronotype differences on the outcome of patients with OCD might provide valuable insights in developing new treatment approaches especially in treatment-resistant OCD cases
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