Bowel obsessions responsive to tricyclic antidepressants in four patients |
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| Authors: | M A Jenike H L Vitagliano J Rabinowitz D C Goff L Baer |
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| Affiliation: | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic and Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114. |
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The authors report on four patients with disabling bowel obsessions who responded to tricyclic antidepressant medication despite the absence of depressive symptoms. The relationship of this symptom constellation to DSM-III obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia is discussed. |
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