Personality traits and smoking in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Bejerot, Susanne,1955-Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden (author)

As opposed to other psychiatric populations, subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) smoke less than the general population. The present study aims at further investigating the relationship between smoking in OCD subjects and personality traits. Sixty-four subjects with OCD were interviewed concerning their smoking habits. Personality traits were evaluated using the Karolinska Scales of Personality, and specific obsessive-compulsive personality traits were elicited through self-report questionnaires. Non-smokers were more easily fatigued, more inclined to worry, more remorseful, less self-confident, less impulsive and became uneasy more frequently when urged to speed up, than smokers with OCD. Additionally, non-smokers fulfilled significantly more obsessive-compulsive personality disorder criteria as compared to the smokers (P < 0.001). We propose a clinical subtype of OCD related to non-smoking, psychasthenia, anxiety, and pronounced obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits.

von Knorring, L.Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden (author)
Ekselius, L.Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden (author)
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)

In:European psychiatryParis, France : Elsevier15:7, s. 395-4010924-93381778-3585

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