not perform the act. Another issue that needs discussion is the link between OCD and schizophrenia. Although OC symptoms are documented in association with schizophrenia (Rosen, 1957; Fenton and McGlashan,1986; Berman et al.,1995), phenomenological characteristics of OC phenomena that may predict the onset of schizophrenia is largely unknown. The onset of schizophrenic signs within two years of...