Citation

Scheschonka A, Bleich S, Buchwald AB, Ruther E, Wiltfang J. Pharmacopsychiatry 2002; 35(2): 72-74.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Georg-August Universität of Goettingen, Germany..

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2002-25022

PMID

11951148

Abstract

In this report, we will describe the first case of obsessive-compulsive behaviour following oral corticosteroid treatment in a 75-year old adult male patient with pulmonary disease, but without previous psychiatric symptoms or organic brain disorder. We will also discuss the clinical and pathophysiological considerations.

Language: en