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Obsessive compulsive disorder arising in a 75-year-old woman

✍ Scribed by Rotimi Bajulaiye; Gerard Addonizio

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 316 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930070212

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✦ Synopsis

Presented is the case of a 75-year-old woman with obsessive compulsive disorder with an unusual age of onset at age 72 years. The patient was resistant to various treatments, but responded to lithium augmentation of fluoxetine.

KEY woms-Obsessive compulsive disorder, geriatrics, pharmacotherapy.

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