tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "compulsive disorder: a case report"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: compulsive disorder: a case report. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Open Access Case report Aripiprazole augmentation in poor insight obsessive-compulsive disorder a case report Michele Fornaro Filippo Gabrielli Chiara Mattei Valentina Vinciguerra and Pantaleo Fornaro Address Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Oftalmologia e Genetica DINOG Sezione di Psichiatria Università di Genova Italy Email Michele Fornaro - Filippo Gabrielli - gabrielli@ Chiara Mattei - chiaramattei@ ValentinaVinciguerra-vinciguerraV77@ Pantaleo Fornaro - Corresponding author Published 23 December 2008 Received 9 August 2008 a .zr_Ì . AAAO Accepted 23 December 2008 Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7 26 doi 1744-859X-7-26 This article is available from http content 7 1 26 2008 Fornaro et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with a relevant impairment in social and interpersonal functioning and severe disability. This seems to be particularly true for the poor insight subtype characterised by a lack of consciousness of illness and consequently compliance with treatment. Poor responsiveness to serotonergic drugs in poor insight obsessive-compulsive patients may also require an augmentation therapy with atypical antipsychotics. Methods We reviewed a case in which a patient with a long history of poor insight obsessivecompulsive disorder was treated with a high dosage of serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Results The treatment resulted in a poor outcome. This patient was .