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Methylphenidate-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in an Elderly Man
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2014
Abstract
An 82-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression and early Alzheimer's disease was started on methylphenidate. Significant obsessive-compulsive behavior ensued but diminished over several weeks when methylphenidate was replaced by fluvoxamine. The patient had no prior psychiatric history, but he had a sister with obsessive-compulsive disorder. It appears that methylphenidate precipitated the patient's pathological behavior.
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- CNS Spectrums , Volume 8 , Issue 8: Genetically Altered Mice in the Study of Neuropsychiatrty , August 2003 , pp. 612 - 613
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003
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