title: Use of clomipramine in treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology.
abstract: An open clinical trial was conducted on the use of oral clomipramine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology in patients with various primary psychiatric diagnoses. The overall success rate of the 50 patients was 60%; those with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder had an 80% success rate. No significant differences in outcome were observed by current age, age of illness onset, duration of illness, or severity of illness. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories of a subsample of the population revealed a significantly higher T score for depression in the successful patients. Since 83% of the successful patients had adequate prior treatments on other antidepressants without improvement in their obsessive-compulsive symptoms, it would appear that clomipramine is effective in treating obsessive-compulsive symptoms as well as depressive symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D002997:Clomipramine