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Methylphenidate-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in an Elderly Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Michael Serby
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Abstract

An 82-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression and early Alzheimer's disease was started on methylphenidate. Significant obsessive-compulsive behavior ensued but diminished over several weeks when methylphenidate was replaced by fluvoxamine. The patient had no prior psychiatric history, but he had a sister with obsessive-compulsive disorder. It appears that methylphenidate precipitated the patient's pathological behavior.

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Case Report
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 8 , Issue 8: Genetically Altered Mice in the Study of Neuropsychiatrty , August 2003 , pp. 612 - 613
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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