PREVALENCE OF THE SUBTYPES OF OBSESSIVECOMPULSIVE DISORDER AMONG DIAGNOSED PATIENTS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION IN IRAQ

Volume 13 , Issue 2 , July 2025 , Pages 155-161

Authors

Saman Anwar Faraj 1

1 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI logo 10.17656/jsmc.10408

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Abstract

Background
The clinical manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) differs from patient to patient, indicating
that the content of the obsessions and compulsions varies. Therefore, the present study aims to find the
prevalence of the sub-types of OCD.
Objectives
This study addresses the association of the sub-types of obsessions and compulsion with gender, age, and
marital status.
Patients and Methods
Seventy-five patients with OCD from a psychiatric clinic, who were diagnosed through an unstructured
interview, participated in this study, which utilized a retrospective research design. The data was obtained
from the case files of the patients, where their diagnosis and the content of their obsessions and compulsion
were specified.
Results
The results showed that the most prevalent obsession in the sample was contamination obsessions. They were
followed by religious, doubting, aggressive, symmetry, and sexual obsessions. As for compulsions, cleaning/
washing was the most common among the participants, followed by mental rituals, whereas checking and
arranging compulsions were the least common. The results also revealed that contamination obsession had a
significant association with gender.
Conclusion
Similar results regarding cleaning/washing compulsions showed a significant association with gender.

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