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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Symptom Severity, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with or without Comorbid Personality Disorder

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Clara Law
    Northwestern University
  • Gina Belli
    Northwestern University
  • Christina Boisseau
    Northwestern University
  • Maria Mancebo
    Brown Medical School
  • Maria Mancebo
    Butler Hospital
  • Jane Eisen
    McLean Hospital
  • Steven Rasmussen
    Brown Medical School

Abstract

A co-occurring personality disorder (PD) in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can complicate a patient’s clinical presentation and interfere with therapeutic progress. This study aims to describe the clinical presentation, including symptom severity, impairment, and quality of life, of individuals with OCD + PD in comparison to OCD without PD.

Psychopathology