Obsessive and Compulsive Symptoms in Prediagnosed Huntington's Disease

Leigh J. Beglinger
Jane S. Paulsen
David Watson, University of Iowa

Abstract

Obsessive and compulsive symptoms (OCS) are more prevalent in patients with diagnosed Huntington's disease (HD) than in the general population. Although psychiatric symptoms have been reported in individuals with the HD gene expansion prior to clinical diagnosis (pre-HD), little is known about OCS in this phase of disease.