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Checklist of Common OCD Symptoms
The Y-BOCS Checklist is the first part of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, a two-part interview process used to gague the severity and nature of OCD symptoms.
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The Checklist asks the patient to indicate whether or not s/he has specific types of obsessions or compulsions. The checklist groups obsessions and complusions into broad categories of symptoms:
Obsession Categories
- Aggressive Obsessions
- Contamination Obsessions
- Sexual Obsessions
- Hoarding/Saving
- Religious
- Need for Symmetry or Exactness
- Somatic Obsessions (hypochondria or body appearance)
- Miscellaneous
Compulsion Categories
- Cleaning/Washing
- Checking
- Repeating Rituals
- Counting
- Ordering/Arranging
- Hoarding/Collecting
- Mental Rituals other than checking/counting
- Miscellaneous
For more complete information on the Y-BOCS, please visit this page.
The Y-BOCS Scale was developed by:
- Dr. Wayne K. Goodman, MD, Professor and Chair of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Lawrence H. Price, MD, Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
- Steven A. Rasmussen, MD, MMS, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
References
- WK Goodman et al, "The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1006-1011.
- Stanford School of Medicine
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