Open AccessEarly Onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Obsessive Slowness: A Case Report and Demonstration of Management
Author(s) -
Ashish Mittal,
Pradipta Majumder,
Alok Agrawal,
Mamta Sood,
Shubham Khandelwal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.122243
Subject(s) - slowness , obsessive compulsive , psychology , pharmacotherapy , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , quantum mechanics , physics
Obsessive slowness is a rare entity and is conceptualized either as primary psychiatric illness or as part of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Often its outcome is frustrating even with treatment. We report a case of early onset severe OCD with obsessive slowness which showed good response to combined pharmacotherapy and behavioral therapy.