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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2021 Mar 4;300:113853. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113853
The ability to:
1. Identify OCRDs (BDD, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania, excoriation [skin-picking] disorder), to distinguish them from OCD, and to diagnose them, either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: CR: Pertusa et al 2010TM: Phillips and Stein 2015EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
2. Identify when symptoms of OCRDs are the result of some other condition, such as:
• stimulant drugs
• basal ganglia lesions
• Alzheimer’s disease (which may lead to clutter suggestive of hoarding disorder)
• scabies or medical condition causing pruritus (which may mimic excoriation disorder)
• seborrheic dermatitis or tinea capitis or medical condition causing skin inflammation (which may mimic trichotillomania)
  Evidence: TM: Phillips and Stein 2015EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
3. Identify and diagnose patients with “other specified” OCRDs, such as:
• BDD-like disorder in the presence of actual flaws in appearance
• body-focused repetitive behavior disorder (e.g., nail biting, lip biting, cheek chewing)
• obsessional jealousy
• Koro (intense anxiety that the penis or vulva and nipples will recede into the body)
• olfactory reference disorder
• Olfactory reference disorder (preoccupation with the inaccurate belief that one emits a foul or unpleasant body odor, which is often accompanied by repetitive behaviors, such as checking)
  Evidence: TM: Phillips and Stein 2015EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
4. Identify and diagnose major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, either as a primary diagnosis or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: OR: Stefanis et al 2002EO: American Psychiatric Association (2013b)
5. Identify and diagnose anxiety disorders – generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia), illness anxiety disorder – either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
6. Identify psychosis and diagnose schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: OR: van Os and Kapur 2009TM: Nutt et al 2000, Gallo et al 2010, Friedman et al 2014EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
7. Recognize and characterize the relationship between acute or chronic stress or trauma and the presentation of OCD
  Evidence: OR: Adams et al 2018
8. Identify and diagnose substance use disorders, either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD, including substance abuse as self-medication
  Evidence: CSS: Mancebo et al 2009EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b
9. Recognize and diagnosis Tourette syndrome, other tic disorders, and attention deficit disorder, either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: TG: Koran et al 2007TM: Martino et al 2013EO: Tourette Syndrome Classification Study Group 1993, American Psychiatric Association 2013b
10. Recognize and diagnosis OCPD and other personality disorders, either as primary diagnoses or as comorbid with OCD
  Evidence: TG: Koran et al 2007OR: Diedrich and Voderholzer 2015, Starcevick and Brakoulias 2017, Wheaton and Pinto 2017TM: Gabbard 2005EO: American Psychiatric Association 2013b