Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder as an Epiphenomenon of Comorbid Bipolar Disorder? An Updated Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bipolar disorder (BD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity is an emerging condition in psychiatry, with relevant nosological, clinical, and therapeutic implications.

Methods

We updated our previous systematic review on epidemiology and standard diagnostic validators (including phenomenology, course of illness, heredity, biological markers, and treatment response) of BD-OCD. Relevant papers published until (and including) 15 October 2023 were identified by searching the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, and Cochrane Library, according to the PRISMA statement (PROSPERO registration number, CRD42021267685).

Results

We identified 38 new articles, which added to the previous 64 and raised the total to 102. The lifetime comorbidity p

SUBMITTER: de Filippis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10931838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature