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Sex and gender differences in OCD: A scoping review

2025-02-10 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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This scoping review explores sex and gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as reported in the literature between 2009 and 2021. A comprehensive PubMed search was conducted without restrictions, using terms related to sex, gender, and OCD. 5,973 articles were screened by two reviewers, with 909 assessed at the full-text level. Of these, 541 were included: 37 meta-analyses, 8 systematic reviews, 25 narrative reviews, and 471 original reports. Original reports were categorized b...

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