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Disclosures BMC Psychiatry. 2015;15 (121) Abstract Background Research is scarce with regard to the role of psychotic and schizotypal symptoms in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

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Depending on the follow-up time, depression/dysthymia may be predicted by different factors, including nationality and any past anxiety disorder.

They analyzed data from 183 families of trios with OCD and 771 without the disorder (controls) from São Paulo (Brazil), New Haven (United States), and Toronto and Ontario (Canada).