Male Sex, Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions, Romantic Status Linked to Faster Progression to OCD

It takes an average of seven years for people who have some, but not all, symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (subthreshold OCD) to develop full-blown OCD, according to a study in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The study also suggests that certain characteristics, such as male sex, the presence of other psychiatric conditions, and romantic status, may be associated with a faster transition from subthreshold OCD to OCD.Emma M. Thompson, a[…]