Editorial: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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The way we view Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has gone through a true revolution since we started our residency Twenty-five years ago, OCD was considered a rare, refractory disorder of psychological origin. All of these notions have been entirely reversed. It is clear now that the quoted prevalence of 0.05% does not reflect the true prevalence of OCD, which has been repeatedly found to be around 1.62%(1). Moreover, the prevalence of OCD is the same in developed as compared to developing countries. OCD has been classified as one of the ten most disabling disorders by the WHO (this list refers to all, not only psychiatric, disorders)(2). It has been suggested that the egodystonic …