title: Compulsions developing into command hallucinations.
abstract: Intrusive, uncontrollable and bizarre thoughts occur in both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and psychosis. The origin of these mental phenomena and the relationship between them is unclear. A case is described in which long-standing compulsions and the associated resistance temporarily developed the characteristics of command hallucinations, in the absence of any other psychotic symptoms. The implications for psychopathological theories of hallucinations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Bexley Hospital, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klemperer
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D014268:Trifluoperazine