An Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom-Related Headache in a Patient with Schizophrenia

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Haloperidol Treatment

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms are prevalent, manifold, and sometimes insidious in patients with schizophrenia. In this case study, we reported an intractable headache that bears a close relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a schizophrenia patient. In a series of treatments, the headache was miraculously susceptible to haloperidol treatment.

Suppression of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms after Head Trauma

Case Reports in Medicine ◽

10.1155/2012/909614 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini ◽

Paria Azari ◽

Roohollah Abdi ◽

Reza Alizadeh-Navaei

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Head Trauma ◽

Clinical Symptoms ◽

Brain Lesions ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Unwanted Thoughts

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) encompasses a spectrum of clinical symptoms characterized by unwanted thoughts coupled with an intense compulsion to act and to repeat behavior fragments in a ritualistic and stereotyped sequence. Obsessive-compulsive symptom due to brain lesions is not rare, but suppression of these symptoms after head trauma is very rare and we found only 3 cases in review of literatures from 1966 to 2001. The case of a patient suffering with severe OCD is described of note; her symptoms disappeared following right temporo-parietofrontal lesion.

Obsessions and compulsions in Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.186.6.525 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 186 (6) ◽

pp. 525-528 ◽

Cited By ~ 145

Author(s):

Ailsa J. Russell ◽

David Mataix-Cols ◽

Martin Anson ◽

Declan G. M. Murphy

Keyword(s):

Symptom Severity ◽

High Functioning Autism ◽

Primary Diagnosis ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

High Functioning ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Spectrum Disorders

BackgroundObsessive–compulsive behaviours are common and disabling in autistic-spectrum disorders (ASD) but little is known about how they compare with those experienced by people with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).AimTo make such a comparison.MethodA group of adults with high-functioning ASD (n=40) were administered the Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale and Symptom Checklist and their symptoms compared with a gender-matched group of adults with a primary diagnosis of OCD (n=45). OCD symptoms were carefully distinguished from stereotypic behaviours and interests usually displayed by those with ASD.ResultsThe two groups had similar frequencies of obsessive–compulsive symptoms, with only somatic obsessions and repeating rituals being more common in the OCD group. The OCD group had higher obsessive–compulsive symptom severity ratings but up to 50% of the ASD group reported at least moderate levels of interference from their symptoms.ConclusionsObsessions and compulsions are both common in adults with high-functioning ASD and are associated with significant levels of distress.

Is a Ruminative Thinking Style Related to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity Beyond Its Associations with Depressive and Anxiety Symptom Severity?

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy ◽

10.1007/s41811-021-00112-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Carlotta V. Heinzel ◽

Martin Kollárik ◽

Marcel Miché ◽

Annika Clamor ◽

Andrea Ertle ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Symptom Severity ◽

Anxiety Symptom ◽

Thinking Style ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Study Participants

AbstractPrevious studies suggest that a ruminative thinking style (RTS) is positively associated with the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and might be involved in the maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We sought to replicate this association in a sample of individuals with OCD, controlling for depressive and anxiety symptom severity, and to extend previous studies by including an interview measure of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity. A sample of 140 individuals diagnosed with OCD participated in a cross-sectional observational study. Participants completed questionnaire measures of an RTS as well as obsessive-compulsive, depressive, and anxiety symptom severity. Obsessive-compulsive symptom severity was additionally assessed with an interview. When statistically controlling for depressive and anxiety symptom severity, an RTS continued to predict the questionnaire, but not the interview measure of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity. We discuss possible explanations for these mixed findings, emphasizing the unique aspects of each measure, and consider implications for further research on OCD.

Differences in obsessive–compulsive symptom dimensions between patients with epilepsy with obsessive–compulsive symptoms and patients with OCD

Epilepsy & Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106640 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

pp. 106640

Author(s):

Esin Evren Kilicaslan ◽

H.Sabiha Türe ◽

Meltem İzci Kasal ◽

Nebile Nur Çavuş ◽

Dilek Altın Akyüz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Symptom Dimensions ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Patients With Epilepsy

RESPONSIBILITY ATTITUDES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS IN A STUDENT POPULATION

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1017/s135246580300105x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 45-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Jakob Smári ◽

Thórhildur Gylfadóttir ◽

Gudrún Lind Halldórsdóttir

Keyword(s):

Partial Correlation ◽

Cognitive Theory ◽

Cognitive Factor ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Symptom Domains ◽

Different Types ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptom

Excessive responsibility has been proposed as a cognitive factor in obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In the present study the relationships of Salkovskis' measure of Responsibility Attitudes (RAS) (Salkovskis et al., 2000) with the total scale and the subscales of the PI-WSUR (Burns, Koertge, Formea, & Sternberger, 1996) measure of obsessive compulsive symptoms, as well as with a measure of depression (CES-D), were studied with a sample of 356 students (108 males and 248 females). As expected, the correlation between RAS and PI-WSUR was stronger than the correlation between RAS and CES-D, supporting the specific role of excessive responsibility in obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Among the subscales of PI-SWUR the strongest correlation of RAS was with Obsessional Thoughts About Harm to Self/Others (OTAHSO) and then with Checking. The OTAHSO was the only PI-WSUR subscale to show a significant partial correlation with RAS when other subscales and CES-D scores were taken into consideration. These results indicate that responsibility attitudes may play quite different roles in relation to different obsessive-compulsive symptom domains and that cognitive theory should take this more explicitly into account.