Obsessive compulsive symptoms associated with quetiapine treatment in a schizophrenic patient: A case report


Ozer S., Arsava M., Ertugrul A., Demir B.

PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, cilt.30, sa.4, ss.724-727, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Purpose: Atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) are used as adjunct therapy in the treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCSs). Paradoxically other reports suggest that AAPs, particularly clozapine, risperidone, and olanzapine can induce de novo emergence or exacerbation of OCSs in psychotic patients. The authors present here the first report suggesting an association between de novo appearance of OCSs and quetiapine treatment in a schizophrenic patient.