Volume 26, Issue 2
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2017.1016
Stressful Life Events At The Onset of The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Retrospective Study
Abstract
The objective was to analyze the importance of experiencing a stressful life event(SLE) associated with the onset of the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A group of 85 OCD patients were interviewed to assess the occurrence and characteristics of SLEs previous to the onset of the disorder. Up to 70.6% informed at least one SLE. The 66.1% of them appraised the event as negative, the 80.7% as very important, and the 79.3% as very influential in their disorder. Comorbid depressive symptoms, a lower age at the onset, and the reactive subtype obsessions were associated with the different SLE's variables. The influence of the SLE on the disorder was associated with a negative appraisal. The SLE was not related to the therapeutical response.
Keywords
stressful life event, obsessive-compulsive disorder, retrospective study