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A case report of refractory obsessive–compulsive disorder improved by risperidone augmentation of clomipramine treatment
Author(s) -
Kawahara Takashi,
Ueda Yuto,
Mitsuyama Yoshio
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00760.x
Subject(s) - clomipramine , risperidone , refractory (planetary science) , obsessive compulsive , psychiatry , anxiolytic , psychology , medicine , anxiety , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , physics , astrobiology
A male patient aged 43 years, suffering from symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), such as washing hands and feet frequently and checking documents compulsively, had received intensive pharmacotherapeutic and behavior therapy. Although the administration of anxiolytic drugs and/or clomipramine did not show curative effects, a combination of clomipramine and risperidone showed much greater effect in improving these symptoms.