Obsessive Disorder with Self-Mutilation: A Subgroup Responsive to Pharmacotherapy*
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 32 (8), 699-701
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378703200813
Abstract
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be considered a complex entity with possibly different subgroups responsive to specific treatment. This article presents two cases of OCD with self-mutilation, successfully treated with serotonergic antidepressants. The authors discuss a sub-group of OCD patients whose rituals present as self-destructive behavior and are responsive to pharmacotherapy.Keywords
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