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P. Castrogiovanni, A. Di Muro, A. Goracci, L. Guidelli - Vol. 7, Dicembre 2001, num.4
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Confini tra disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo
e depressione: considerazioni psicopatologiche
Limits between obsessive-compulsive disorder
and depression: psychopathological considerations
At first sight, obsessivity and depression seem to be two different phenomena,
even opposite in some aspects. However, it is clinically common to find obsessive-compulsive
features together with depressive symptoms: whereas the discriminant power of
self-report questionnaires for obsessions and compulsions is not very high when
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Major Depression are compared.
However, clinical and biological studies suggest a clear discrimination between this two disorders. The psycopathological analisys allows both to understand the apparent analogies and to show the essential structural differences between obsessive-compulsive and depressive phenomena