Schizophrenia and OCD, association and treatment. Literature review

Introduction Worldwide epidemiological studies estimate that around 1% of the world population suffers from schizophrenia and 2 to 3% compulsive-obsessive disorder (OCD). Moreover, a significant percentage patients present an OCD comorbidity. These statistics testify close relationship between two pathologies, which sometimes causes difficulties in differentiating diagnoses, complicated by fact many can suffer obsessive and/or compulsive symptomatology similar OCD. Objectives This literature review aims explore frequency association administrated treatment through articles exploration. Methods We conducted about treatment, implies scientific exploration selecting several treating this topic. For our review, keywords used search Scopus PubMed were: “schizophrenia OCD” treatment” found more than 1500 results 1988 2022. With application exclusion criteria, we included approximately 40 recent treatment. organized counties, frequency, Results Our these finds mostly 10% 30 % worldwide (countries Asia, America, Africa, Europe) suffering also The difficulty diagnosis OCD, existence symptoms remains one most relevant challenges for countries. was commonly pharmacological with psychotherapy sometimes. Conclusions explored comorbidity pathologies. findings, may suggest systematic research adapted scales every case. Disclosure Interest None Declared