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It has been hypothesized that parents of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder exhibit specific traits. 320 consecutive inpatient admissions who met criteria for OCD, depression, and panic disorder checked a list of adjectives to describe their parents. Patients with OCD were 1) less likely to perceive their mothers as disorganized than depressives, 2) more likely to perceive their mothers as overprotective than depressives and 3) less likely to perceive their fathers as demanding than patients with panic.
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Merkel, W.T., Pollard, C.A., Wiener, R.L. et al. Perceived parental characteristics of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and panic disorder. Child Psych Hum Dev 24, 49–57 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353718
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