Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the Elderly
Four cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder arising in late life in association with a presumed organic aetiology are described. Three of the four had brief episodes of OCD earlier in their lives. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrated impairments in verbal fluency and visuo-spatial tasks. No ca...
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| description | Four cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder arising in late life in association with a presumed organic aetiology are described. Three of the four had brief episodes of OCD earlier in their lives. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrated impairments in verbal fluency and visuo-spatial tasks. No case exhibited global intellectual impairment. The two patients who complied with appropriate treatment became asymptomatic after 4–6 months. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10f55ccbb1c14a1793bd01ed92013b2f2025-02-03T01:06:14ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841998-01-0111211712110.1155/1998/759658Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the ElderlyMichael P. Philpot0Sube Banerjee1Sections of Old Age Psychiatry, Epidemiology and General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UKSections of Old Age Psychiatry, Epidemiology and General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UKFour cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder arising in late life in association with a presumed organic aetiology are described. Three of the four had brief episodes of OCD earlier in their lives. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrated impairments in verbal fluency and visuo-spatial tasks. No case exhibited global intellectual impairment. The two patients who complied with appropriate treatment became asymptomatic after 4–6 months.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/759658 |
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