OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER WITH HOMICIDAL IMPULSES AND PARANOID SYMPTOMS IN A PATIENT WITH VASCULAR ENCEPHALOPATHY

Authors
BRIEGER P BOLLING S
Citation
P. Brieger et S. Bolling, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER WITH HOMICIDAL IMPULSES AND PARANOID SYMPTOMS IN A PATIENT WITH VASCULAR ENCEPHALOPATHY, Psychiatrische Praxis, 24(5), 1997, pp. 245-247
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatrische Praxis → ACNP
ISSN journal
03034259
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
245 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-4259(1997)24:5<245:ODWHIA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report on the case of a 45-year old man with OCD who had the obsess ive impulse to kill his 3-year old son. The patient showed signs of va scular encephalopathy after perinatal brain damage; besides that, he h ad developed a mild ''explanatory'' delusional system. Under treatment with SSRI and clozapin he improved remarkably. Presenting this case, we discuss the connection between organic disorders and OCD, and espec ially its relationship to perinatal brain damage.