title: Refractory OCD Due to Thalamic Infarct With Response to Dronabinol.
abstract: Structural brain lesions can be a rare cause of refractory psychiatric symptoms. The analysis of such cases may lead to insights into psychiatric neurobiology. Here we present a case of a dronabinol-responsive obsessive-compulsive syndrome after thalamic infarct.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago (JJC, JG).
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago (JJC, JG).
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D013759:Dronabinol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013759:Dronabinol