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Obsessive‐compulsive symptoms: a side‐effect of antipsychotic treatment
Author(s) -
Ukaegbu Obioha,
Dunne Francis J,
Getachew Henok
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.449
Subject(s) - risperidone , clozapine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antipsychotic , psychiatry , side effect (computer science) , psychology , medicine , cognition , atypical antipsychotic , computer science , programming language
Obsessive‐compulsive symptoms (OCS) secondary to antiserotonergic antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia appear to have a significant prevalence from previous studies but can be very difficult to detect as they are overshadowed by the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Here, the authors describe three cases where patients have developed OCS after starting risperidone in one case, and clozapine in two other cases and how significant improvements can be achieved with SSRIs and, if necessary, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).