Seasonal obsessive-compulsive disorder

A case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with seasonal variation in symptoms of 10-years duration is reported because of its rarity. The phenomenology of the observed disorder was obsessions related to dirt and contamination resulting in washing compulsions with onset in October and complete re...

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Autores principales: Sinha, Prakriti, Bakhla, Ajay Kumar, Patnaik, Ashok Kumar, Chaudhury, Suprakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4361980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25788807
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.151701
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Sumario:A case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with seasonal variation in symptoms of 10-years duration is reported because of its rarity. The phenomenology of the observed disorder was obsessions related to dirt and contamination resulting in washing compulsions with onset in October and complete resolution in April-May every year. The patient responded to phototherapy along with exposure and response prevention therapy and pharmacotherapy.

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