TY - JOUR
T1 - Autism and adhd symptoms in patients with ocd
T2 - Are they associated with specific oc symptom dimensions or oc symptom severity
AU - Anholt, Gideon E.
AU - Cath, Danielle C.
AU - Van Oppen, Patricia
AU - Eikelenboom, Merijn
AU - Smit, Johannes H.
AU - Van Megen, Harold
AU - Van Balkom, Anton J.L.M.
PY - 2010/5/1
Y1 - 2010/5/1
N2 - In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the relationship between autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom dimensions and severity has scarcely been studied. Therefore, 109 adult outpatients with primary OCD were compared to 87 healthy controls on OC, ADHD and ASD symptoms. OCD patients showed increased ADHD and autism symptom frequencies, OCD ? ADHD patients reporting more autism symptoms (particularly attention switching and social skills problems) than OCD - ADHD patients. Attention switching problems were most significant predictors of OC symptom dimensions (except hoarding) and of symptom severity. Hoarding was not associated with elevated autism scale scores, but with inattention. In conclusion, attention switching problems may reflect both symptom overlap and a common etiological factor underlying ASD, ADHD and OCD.
AB - In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the relationship between autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom, and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptom dimensions and severity has scarcely been studied. Therefore, 109 adult outpatients with primary OCD were compared to 87 healthy controls on OC, ADHD and ASD symptoms. OCD patients showed increased ADHD and autism symptom frequencies, OCD ? ADHD patients reporting more autism symptoms (particularly attention switching and social skills problems) than OCD - ADHD patients. Attention switching problems were most significant predictors of OC symptom dimensions (except hoarding) and of symptom severity. Hoarding was not associated with elevated autism scale scores, but with inattention. In conclusion, attention switching problems may reflect both symptom overlap and a common etiological factor underlying ASD, ADHD and OCD.
KW - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW - Autism
KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77956230293
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-009-0922-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-009-0922-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 20039111
AN - SCOPUS:77956230293
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 40
SP - 580
EP - 589
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 5
ER -