Screening young people for obsessive–compulsive disorder

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 -