OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ABBRUZZESE M SCARONE S COLOMBO C
Citation
M. Abbruzzese et al., OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience, 19(5), 1994, pp. 378-380
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience → ACNP
ISSN journal
11804882
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
378 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
1180-4882(1994)19:5<378:OSINH->2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This report describes a patient with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of obsessiv e compulsive disorder and a nuclear magnetic resonance picture of a no rmal pressure hydrocephalus. After neurosurgery, the patient showed ma rked improvement in his compulsions which previously had shown little reponse to pharmacological treatment.