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Catatonic signs in severe obsessive compulsive disorder
H Hermesh1, R A Hoffnung, D Aizenberg
1Gehah Psychiatric Hospital, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|August 1, 1989
Summary
Severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can manifest prolonged catatonic states. These symptoms improved with OCD treatments like clomipramine and behavior therapy, not neuroleptics.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome.
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating mental health condition.
- The relationship between OCD and catatonia requires further investigation.