Is psychological dissociation in obsessive-compulsive disorder associated with anxiety level but not with severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms?
Our results suggest that the level of psychological dissociation is associated with the severity of anxiety symptoms rather than with OCD symptoms. Further investigation of association between dissociative and anxiety states is needed.
While the causal factors underlying this observation are not provided with this observational study, GBM bordering the LV may carry a prognostic significance.