With few exceptions, investigations on acute OCD populations have reported diminished scores on social and work-role functioning and mental health aspects of QoL.6-9 In a study conducted by my group, Moritz and colleauges,10 z-scores of the OCD sample were 2–4 standard deviations lower than those of a healthy subsample on the role-physical, general health, vitality, social functioning, role-emo¬tional, and mental health subscales of the SF-36.