Phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or tourette syndrome.
Phenomenology of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder was compared in nine patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 15 with Tourette syndrome. Content of obsessive-compulsive themes focuses on sexuality and impulsiveness in Tourette syndrome and existential thoughts in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Mula
Marco
M
The Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, C.so Mazzini, 18, Novara 28100, Italy. marcomula@yahoo.it
Cavanna
Andrea E
AE
Critchley
Hugo
H
Robertson
Mary M
MM
Monaco
Francesco
F
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications*