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Examines in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Atypical Antipsychotic as Add-on Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  • Open or CloseShoja Shafti S*

    Department of Psychiatry, Iran

    *Corresponding author: Shoja Shafti S, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation sciences (USWR), Razi Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran, Iran Submission:

Submission: May 07, 2018;Published: February 05, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/EPMR.2019.02.000534

ISSN: 2637-7934
Volume2 Issue2

Abstract

In an 8-week, open-label study, 54% (n=6) of treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive patients (n=11) responded to adding olanzapine to current antidepressant treatment, with a mean reduction of 24.56% in YBOCS, as the primary outcome measure.

Keywords: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Olanzapine; Treatment resistant

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