Autism spectrum disorders in adult outpatients with obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK.

Waduge Nishani Maheshi WikramanayakeWilliam MandySonia ShahperSukhwinder KaurSangeetha KolliSelma OsmanJemma ReidKiri Jefferies-SewellNaomi Anne Fineberg

Published in: International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice (2017)

There is a high prevalence of previously undiagnosed ASD in patients with OCD. ASD traits are associated with greater OCD symptom-severity and poor insight.

Keyphrases

obsessive compulsive disorder
autism spectrum disorder
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
deep brain stimulation
intellectual disability
genome wide
cross sectional
dna methylation
patient reported