Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders

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In addition to tics, individuals with tic disorders may present with a broad array of behavioral difficulties including disinhibited speech or conduct, im-pulsivity, distractibility, motoric hyperactivity, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (Leckman and Cohen, 1998). Alternatively, a sizable portion of children and adolescents with tics will be free of coexisting developmental or emotional difficulties. Scientific opinion has been divided on how broadly to conceive the spectrum of maladaptive behaviors associated with Tourette s syndrome (TS) (Comings, 1988 Shapiro et al., 1988). 

Synergy within the serotoninergic system. Boosting serotonin neurotransmission has proved to be useful not only in treatment-resistant depression, but for treatment resistance within the whole family of serotonin spectrum disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bulimia. 

Drug Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive, Panic, and Phobic Disorders Table 9—4. OCD spectrum disorders... 

Goodman WK, McDougle CJ, Price LH, et al. Dopamine antagonists in tic-related and psychotic spectrum obsessive compulsive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 1994 55(Suppl 3) 24-31. 

Upon assessment it was evident to the social worker that Ron s symptoms were consistent with individuals who suffer from a type of anxiety disorder known as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The person who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder frequently has reoccurring obsessions (thoughts that interfere with action) and compulsions (behaviors that help ease current anxiety levels) that are related to the traumatic event. In OCD, the fourth most common psychiatric disorder in the United States, there appears to be a wide spectrum of symptoms (Cohen Steketee, 1998). These symptoms can range from mild to severe, yet if left untreated can impair an individual s previous level of functioning at work, school, or at home (De Silva Rachman, 1998). 

O/iver is 28 and has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and a mild LD, with a full-scale IQ of 56, He was admitted over the weekend with severe self-neglect, secondary to excessive checking rituals. He s refused all physical interventions and withdrawn to his room, seeming frightened and tearful in communal areas. 

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