title: Response of obsessive compulsive disorder to carbamazepine in two patients with comorbid epilepsy.
abstract: An association between epilepsy and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has been noted. The response of two patients with OCD and comorbid epilepsy to carbamazepine is reported. It is hypothesized that obsessive compulsive symptoms may be a variant of epileptiform forced thinking in a subgroup of patients, and may be preferentially responsive to anticonvulsant therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Koopowitz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine