In this study, the authors specifically examined IA among subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). All enrolled patients with OCD alone (n=27) and OCD and IA (n=11) were treated for OCD for a period of one year. At 12 months, only two of the 11 patients with OCD and IA continued to meet the criteria for IA, and the authors concluded that treatment of the underlying disorder, in this case OCD, improved IA, supporting their hypothesis that IA is a symptom of an underlying disorder and not a primary disorder itself. The authors state several limitations to their study that might impact their conclusions and acknowledge that more carefully controlled studies are needed to resolve the diagnostic controversies surrounding IA.
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