Der frühe Beginn der Zwangsstörung: Einfluss auf Symptomatik und Schweregrad

Introduction: This study investigates if obsessive compulsive
disorder with early onset differs in severity and symptomatology
from that with late onset. Patients and Methods: A sample of 370
patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD; ICD 10 F42) who
received in-patient treatment at the psychosomatic clinic of
Windach between 1998 and 2002 were divided into an early-onset
group (onset