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Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria - Diagnóstico diferencial do transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo

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Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr. vol.23 suppl.2 São Paulo Oct. 2001

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Albina R Torres
Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina de
Botucatu – Unesp. Botucatu, SP, Brasil

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has clinical features that overlap in various degrees with many other mental disorders.
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As a result, the differential diagnosis sometimes can be
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difficult. This review briefly summarizes the phenomenologic
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similarities and differences between OCD and the following disorders: depression, phobias, hypochondriasis and body
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dysmorphic disorder, Tourette syndrome and tic disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, impulse control and eating disorders, generalized anxiety, panic and post-traumatic stress disorders, and delusional and schizophrenic disorders. The accurate diagnosis is essential for adequate treatment planning and management.
Keywords: Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Diagnosis. Diagnosis, differential.

Introdução
Apesar de os casos mais típicos do transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo (TOC) em geral não serem de difícil identificação, trata-se de um quadro que faz fronteira com vários outros transtornos mentais, o que pode dificultar o diagnóstico diferencial.1 Neste trabalho, abordarse-ão as principais diferenças e aproximações do TOC com alguns quadros que podem também ocorrer simultaneamente.
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