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Obsessions and compulsions in women with postpartum depression.
OBJECTIVE: The quantity, content, and intensity of the obsessions and compulsions of women with postpartum onset major depressive disorder were compared with those of women with major depressive disorder with non-postpartum onset. METHOD: Sequential cases of women with postpartum onset major depression (N = 37) and major depression (N = 28) who presented to our Women's Mood Disorders program were included. Psychiatric examination using DSM-IV criteria and the Inventory to Diagnose Depression established the diagnosis of major depression. Obsessive thoughts and compulsions were reported on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and reviewed during the psychiatric examination. Comparisons between groups were performed with chi-square statistics, Fisher exact test and its extensions, and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Although more women with postpartum onset major depression (N = 21, 57%) than major depression (N = 10, 36%) reported obsessional thoughts, the difference between the groups was not significant (p = .13). However, for women who endorsed obsessions, those with postpartum onset had a higher median number (median = 7) than women without postpartum onset (median = 2, p = .00). Most of the difference in frequency of thoughts was owing to more women with postpartum onset major depression having aggressive thoughts (N = 20, 95%) than women with major depression (N = 6, 60%, Fisher exact p = .03). The most frequent content of the aggressive thoughts for women with postpartum onset major depression was causing harm to their newborns or infants. The presence or number of obsessional thoughts or compulsions was not related to severity of the depressive episode. CONCLUSION: Childbearing-aged women commonly experience obsessional thoughts or compulsions in the context of major depressive episodes. Women with postpartum onset major depression experience disturbing aggressive obsessional thoughts more frequently than women with non-postpartum major depression.
[Phenoanalysis of obsession and compulsion].
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[A simple method of plastic surgery of the prepuce after radical (ritual) circumcision].
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[Suspensory action of orthedrine on various obsessions with subsequent toxicomania].
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Moral questions in the treatment of obsessive neuroses.
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[Fears and rituals of childhood].
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[Phobias and obsessions].
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[Obsessive disorders].
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Disabling obsessive thoughts responsive to antidepressants.
The authors report four patients with disabling obsessive thoughts who responded in dramatic fashion to antidepressant medication. None met criteria for major depression. This response is discussed in light of the current literature on obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Influence of amphetamines on animal behaviour: stereotypy, functional impairment and possible animal-human correlations.
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Controlling the behavior of a profoundly retarded child.
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Dermatological aspects of displacement activity: attention to the body surface as a substitute for "fight or flight".
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A method for assessing family interaction and the activities of children.
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[Obsessional semiology in children. Description and significance].
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Fluvoxamine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions.
The mainstay of the pharmacologic treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a 10- to 12-week trial of a potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) at an adequate dose. Double-blind, placebo-controlled trials have established the anti-obsessive-compulsive (OC) efficacy of five different SRIs. One of the most thoroughly studied of these SRIs is fluvoxamine, the focus of this article. Fluvoxamine's pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic properties, its efficacy, and guidelines for its clinical use in OCD and related disorders are briefly reviewed. Potential drug-drug interactions are discussed and placed in clinical perspective. The management of common SRI-induced side effects is also addressed. Recent comparative studies suggest that fluvoxamine may be equivalent in efficacy to clomipramine, yet better tolerated. Fluvoxamine shows promise in the treatment of several so-called OC-spectrum disorders, but additional controlled trials are needed.
Phenomenology of intentional repetitive behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's disorder.
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's disorder are related and have overlapping clinical features. The purpose of this study was to test the following hypotheses regarding intentional repetitive behaviors in these two disorders: (1) In OCD without comorbid Tourette's, they are preceded by cognitive phenomena and autonomic anxiety, but not sensory phenomena, and (2) in Tourette's without comorbid OCD, they are preceded by sensory phenomena, but not cognitive phenomena nor autonomic anxiety. METHOD: Fifteen adult OCD outpatients without tics and 17 adult Tourette's outpatients without OCD were evaluated with a structured interview. Questions assessed cognitive, sensory, and affective experiences related to intentional repetitive behaviors. RESULTS: Five of 17 Tourette's subjects were excluded because they had only unintentional or occasionally intentional tics. All OCD patients reported some cognitions preceding their intentional repetitive behaviors, whereas only 2 of 12 Tourette's patients reported cognitions. In comparison, all Tourette's patients reported sensory phenomena preceding repetitive behaviors, and none of the OCD patients reported such sensations. In addition, 13 OCD patients reported at least mild autonomic anxiety associated with their repetitive behaviors, whereas no Tourette's patients reported such symptoms. CONCLUSION: Intentional repetitive behaviors in OCD differ from those in Tourette's and are associated with cognitive and autonomic phenomena. Sensory phenomena preceded intentional repetitive behaviors in Tourette's but not in OCD patients. The dimensions examined in this study (cognition, sensory phenomena, and autonomic anxiety) may represent valid clinical factors for characterization of repetitive behaviors in OCD and Tourette's.