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Hypochondriasis and obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine vs other atypical antipsychotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2013

Giacomo Grassi ,
Lorenzo Poli ,
Andrea Cantisani ,
Lorenzo Righi ,
Gabriella Ferrari  and
Stefano Pallanti
Giacomo Grassi*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
Lorenzo Poli
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
Andrea Cantisani
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
Lorenzo Righi
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Gabriella Ferrari
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
Stefano Pallanti
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
*
*Address for correspondence: Giacomo Grassi, MD, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Via delle Gore 2H, 50134, Florence, Italy. (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

Objective

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence rates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hypochondriasis in schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) and to investigate the different comorbidity rates of OCD and hypochondriasis between clozapine-treated patients and patients treated with other AAPs.

Methods

We therefore recruited 60 schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine or other AAPs. We assessed the prevalence rates of OCD or OC symptoms and hypochondriasis or hypochondriac symptoms in the whole group of patients and in clozapine-treated patients versus patients treated with other AAPs.

Results

Schizophrenic patients had a higher comorbidity rate of OCD (26.6% vs 1–3%) and hypochondriasis (20% vs 1%) than the general population. These comorbidities were more frequent in schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine versus patients treated with other AAPs (36.7% vs 16.7% and 33.3% vs 6.7%). Clozapine-treated patients showed a higher mean Y-BOCS and HY-BOCS score when compared to patients treated with other AAPs (10.90 vs 5.90, p = .099; 15.40 vs 8.93, p = .166). A statistical significant correlation was found between the Y-BOCS and HY-BOCS scores of the whole group (r = .378, p = 0.03). Furthermore, we found an inverse correlation between the global level of functioning and the diagnosis of hypochondriasis (p = .048) and the severity of hypochondriac symptoms (p = .047).

Conclusions

Hypochondriasis could represent an important clinical feature of schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics, and further research is needed in this field.

Keywords

Atypical antipsychoticsclozapinehealth anxietyhypochondriasisobsessive-compulsive disorderschizophrenia
Type
Original Research
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 340 - 346
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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