Open AccessOlanzapine induced de-novo obsessive compulsive disorder in a patient with schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Gajanan Kulkarni,
Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy,
Suresh Bada Math
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.100406
Subject(s) - olanzapine , exacerbation , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , obsessive compulsive , psychiatry , causality (physics) , psychology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
There are reports of de novo development or exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia treated with atypical antipsychotics, although this is widely debated. We report one such case where a patient with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia, treated with olanzapine, developed de novo obsessive-compulsive disorder, with convincing evidence for its causality due to the drug.