TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening young people for obsessive–compulsive disorder
AU - Uher, Rudolf
AU - Heyman, Isobel
AU - Mortimore, Catherine
AU - Frampton, Ian
AU - Goodman, Robert
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in young people is underrecognised and undertreated. Simple screening tools suitable for general practice and community services are needed. We created a seven-item self-report Short OCD Screener (SOCS) and administered itto young people aged 11–15 years, including 116 patients with OCD, 181 healthy community controls and 33 young people with other psychiatric diagnoses. The SOCS has excellent sensitivity of 0.97 (95% CI 0.91–0.98) to detect OCD cases. Its specificity is good in children without psychiatric diagnoses, but low in a psychiatric sample. The SOCS is a screening tool suitable for community but not specialist settings.
AB - Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in young people is underrecognised and undertreated. Simple screening tools suitable for general practice and community services are needed. We created a seven-item self-report Short OCD Screener (SOCS) and administered itto young people aged 11–15 years, including 116 patients with OCD, 181 healthy community controls and 33 young people with other psychiatric diagnoses. The SOCS has excellent sensitivity of 0.97 (95% CI 0.91–0.98) to detect OCD cases. Its specificity is good in children without psychiatric diagnoses, but low in a psychiatric sample. The SOCS is a screening tool suitable for community but not specialist settings.
U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034967
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034967
M3 - Article
SN - 1472-1465
VL - 191
SP - 353
EP - 354
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - OCT.
ER -