Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia e Genetica (DINOG), Sezione di Psichiatria, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy. Dott.Fornaro@gmail.com.
ABSTRACT: Our aim was to present a comprehensive, updated survey on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive related disorders (OCRDs) and their clinical management via literature review, critical analysis and synthesis.Information on OCD and OCRD current nosography, clinical phenomenology and etiology, may lead to a better comprehension of their management. Clinicians should become familiar with the broad spectrum of OCD disorders, since it is a pivotal issue in current clinical psychiatry.