RESPONSE TO HIGH-DOSES OF CITALOPRAM IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Authors
BEJEROT S BODLUND O
Citation
S. Bejerot et O. Bodlund, RESPONSE TO HIGH-DOSES OF CITALOPRAM IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98(5), 1998, pp. 423-424
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0001690X
Volume
98
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
423 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-690X(1998)98:5<423:RTHOCI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that re sponded to very high doses of citalopram (160 mg/day) after a poor res ponse to clomipramine 250 mg/day for several years, alone or in combin ation with buspirone 30 mg/day or flupenthixol 4 mg/day. The patient h ad previously been submitted for capsulotomy which was declined, proba bly due to the magical content of her obsessions, which resembled delu sions.