Convulsions in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and epilepsy tend to share a close association. However, the exact relationship between OCD symptoms and epileptic convulsions is not well known. A case of OCD who improved remarkably following drug-induced seizures is described, implicating a role for convulsion as an alternative therapeutic modality in OCD.
Basu
Soumya
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Ex-Senior Resident, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi 834006, India.
Gupta
Subhash Chandra
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Haque Nizamie
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