Social Adjustment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

The Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report was administered to 32 subjects with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and age-sex matched controls. The patients had global impairment, especially during leisure, which correlated with severity of the disorder. The improvement of this impairment with therapy is h...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 1988, Vol.34 (2), p.118-122
Main Authors: Khanna, Sumant, Rajendra, P.N., Channabasavanna, S.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Employment
Female
Humans
Leisure Activities
Male
Medical sciences
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Adjustment
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Summary:The Social Adjustment Scale-Self Report was administered to 32 subjects with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and age-sex matched controls. The patients had global impairment, especially during leisure, which correlated with severity of the disorder. The improvement of this impairment with therapy is highlighted. It is stressed that social adjustment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder subjects should be con sidered during their therapy.
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/002076408803400205