Case Series · pages 370–374
Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Case Series
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Sadaf Aziz, Jaideep Patil, Vedansh Nehra, Suprakash Chaudhury, Archana Javadekar, Daniel Saldanha. Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Case Series. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2022;35(4):370–374.
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Obsessive compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder are known to be fairly common comorbid conditions occurring with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder. Many studies of Schizophrenia with OCD have reported an early age of onset, depressive and negative symptoms, poor prognosis in patients. OCD can develop during the prodromal phase of psychosis, in the f irst episode of Schizophrenia and during the course of Schizophrenia. A meta-analysis of Schizophrenia comorbid with obsessive compulsive disorder found a prevalence of around 12%. There is a fair chance of OCD in Schizophrenia even after treatment with antipsychot ics.
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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) 1Junior Resident, 2Associate Professor, 3Professor & HOD, 4Professor, 5Professor Emeritus