title: Obsessive compulsive disorder:co-morbidity in manic phase of bipolar affective disorder.
abstract: Comorbidity is known to occur among various psychiatric disorders. About the third of the patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder have major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder but coexistence of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with mania is rare to see. Here we report a case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder where manic phase was accompanied by obsessions of contamination and pathological doubts along with cleaning rituals and spitting rituals.
authors.affiliation: HARISH KALRA, Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, C.S.M. Medical University (upgraded KG. Medical College) Lucknow. harishkgmc@ yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Rajul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saluja
authors.forename: Indra
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mohan