title: Pharmacologic treatment of obsessive compulsive disorders.
abstract: Medications are currently available that have been well studied in adequately designed controlled trials that predictably help the majority of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. This article reviews the considerable data on the use of these agents in patients with OCD. In addition, an approach to patients with resistant symptoms is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jenike
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs