Screening young people for obsessive–compulsive disorder

Authors:
UHER Rudolf, et al
Journal article citation:
British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(10), October 2007, pp.353-354.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in young people is under recognised and under treated. Simple screening tools suitable for general practice and community services are needed. The authors created a seven-item self-report Short OCD Screener (SOCS) and administered it to 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.

Subject terms:
obsessive compulsive disorders, screening, young people;
Content type:
research
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ISSN online:
1472-1465
ISSN print:
0007-1250

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