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OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY

Journal: Era's Journal of Medical Research (Vol.04, No. 01)

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Page : 06-08

Keywords : Compulsion; Obsession; Prevalence; epilepsy.;

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Abstract

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Patients with Epilepsy. To find out the prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms / disorder among patients of epilepsy. Patients with epilepsy diagnosed clinically at psychiatric out patients department were selected for the study. Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale was applied to find out the prevalence and nature of obsessive compulsive symptoms. A total of 93 patients were participated and it was found that 20.4 % of epilepsy patients had obsessive compulsive symptoms. The prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptoms among the patients of epilepsy was found to be 20.4%.

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