Psychosis or Obsessions? Clozapine Associated with Worsening Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
One underrecognized adverse event of clozapine is the emergence or worsening of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS). OCS, particularly violent thoughts, can be inaccurately described as psychosis and result in a misdiagnosis. We report a case of a 42-year-old man, initially diagnosed with schizoaffe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Psychiatry |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2180748 |
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