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- OCD and PTSD often occur together and share traits like intrusive thoughts and avoidance behaviors, complicating their diagnosis.
- Current assessment tools are effective for each disorder separately but lack comprehensive methods for identifying both conditions simultaneously.
- The paper proposes to examine their similarities and differences, suggest better assessment strategies for comorbidity, and explore future improvements in evaluation methods.
Article Abstract
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are commonly comorbid and share prominent features (e.g., intrusions, safety behaviors, and avoidance). Excellent self-report and clinician-administered assessments exist for OCD and PTSD individually, but few assess both disorders, and even fewer provide instruction on differential diagnosis or detection of comorbid OCD and PTSD. To address this gap in the literature, the current paper aims to (1) highlight diagnostic and functional similarities and differences between OCD and PTSD to inform differential diagnosis, (2) outline assessment recommendations for individuals with suspected comorbid OCD and PTSD, OCD with a significant trauma history or posttraumatic symptoms, or PTSD with significant obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and (3) explore future directions to evaluate and improve methods for assessing co-occurring OCD and PTSD.
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