Gender differences in social and interpersonal features and personality disorders among Japanese patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

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• 作者：Hisato Matsunaga ; Nobuo Kiriike ; Tokuzo Matsui ; Akira Miyata ; Yoko Iwasaki ; Kayo Fujimoto ; Shinji Kasai ; Mari Kojima
• 刊名：Comprehensive Psychiatry
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：July 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：41
• 期：4
• 页码：266-272
• 全文大小：59 K

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This study sought to elucidate the differential effect of gender on clinical features in 40 males and 54 females who met both DSM-III-R and DSM-IV criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Males had a lower rate of marriage, and a higher rate of major impairment in social or occupational functioning, whereas females were significantly more likely to involve others in their OCD symptoms, such as reassurance-seeking. Although no significant differences were detected in the distribution of OCD symptoms, cluster A personality disorders (PDs), especially schizotypal PD, were more frequently diagnosed in males, and borderline and dependent PDs tended to be more prevalent in females. Thus, gender differences in OCD subjects were prominently observed in social or interpersonal features, which might be consistent with the differential PD pathology between males and females.