[Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: remission with anti-obsessive treatment].
Despite obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia have been described for over 60 years, their clinical significance and treatment still remain unclear. Described below is a schizophrenic patient with obsessional thinking and compulsive rituals who markedly reduced the obsessive-compulsive symptoms after fluoxetine was added to neuroleptic treatment.
Payá González
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Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid.
Crespo Facorro
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Sáenz Herrero
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Ayuso Gutiérrez
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D000328:Adult; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005473:Fluoxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors