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SUBMITTER: Selles RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176075 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 20180801 8
Insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) refers to patients' recognition that their obsessions and compulsions are symptoms rather than necessary or natural thoughts and behaviors.<sup>1</sup> It has been estimated that 20% to 45% of youth with OCD exhibit poor or absent insight.<sup>2-4</sup> Identified correlates of poor insight include younger age,<sup>2,3,5,6</sup> increased OCD severity,<sup>2,4,7</sup> impairment,<sup>4,7,8</sup> and family accommodation<sup>2,4</sup>; lower intellec ...[more]