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Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis Following Head Injury

A Report of Four Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Joseph McKeon ,
Peter McGuffin  and
Paul H. Robinson
Joseph McKeon
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Peter McGuffin
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Paul H. Robinson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Summary

Four cases of obsessive-compulsive neurosis following head injury are described, three of which are from a consecutive series and the fourth from a discordant monozygotic twin pair. The aetiological significance of head injury in this disorder is discussed in the context of the clinical findings and of previous series of brain injured patients.

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Case Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 2 , February 1984 , pp. 190 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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