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Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common co-morbid condition in schizophrenia. The clinical implications of this co-morbidity are uncertain. Schizo-obsessive patients were more likely to have paranoid symptoms and first-rank symptoms of schizophrenia. Case description: We present a case of 27 yr old man who initially presented with symptoms suggestive of schizophrenia not responding to treatment and who finally responded to addition of paroxetine to antipsychotics. Discussion: Comorbidity of Schizophrenia and OCD though prevalent is not often diagnosed. . The question of whether or not OCD has a deleterious effect on the outcome of schizophrenia has been often asked but never conclusively answered. Conclusion: The clinical issues in this case study highlights the importance of identification and treatment of OCD in schizophrenia. A detailed history is merited in patients especially those not responding adequately to conventional treatment Key message: Schizo obsessive disorder can be detected and treated early to prevent the development of schizophrenia in future.
ABSTRACT
Through the study of human psychopathology found in complex cases, where in many cases, psychiatric symptoms of various mental disorders closely coexist in the same patient. In the case of schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder has been found a clear association between OCD symptoms and psychotic symptoms which in many cases difficult distinction between obsessions and delusions. For this situation currently observed in recognition than-expected rates of comorbidity and observation of development or exacerbation of obsessive compulsive symptoms during periods of exacerbation of schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia and OCD comorbidity may represent a special category among patients with schizophrenia, it is proposed to call it schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or obsessive, which established more than a clinical challenge, a challenge semiological, trying to identify and accept a new concept of obsessive idea that could involve lack of awareness of disease where the idea is not considered obsessive and excessive. We describe the case of an adult 28 years old who presents initially negative symptoms alternating with positive symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia, obsessive ideas subsequently presenting with compulsive behaviors characteristic of OCD.
Por medio del estudio de la psicopatología humana se han encontrado casos complejos en los que, en muchas ocasiones, los síntomas psiquiátricos de los diferentes trastornos mentales coexisten de manera estrecha en un mismo paciente. En el caso de la esquizofrenia y el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo se ha encontrado una clara asociación entre los síntomas obsesivo-compulsivos y síntomas psicóticos, lo que en muchas ocasiones dificulta la delimitación entre ideas obsesivas e ideas delirantes. Por dicha situación actualmente se observa el reconocimiento de tasas mayores a las esperadas de comorbilidad y la aparición o exacerbación de los síntomas obsesivo-compulsivos durante periodos de exacerbación de la esquizofrenia. Los pacientes con comorbilidad entre esquizofrenia y TOC pueden representar una categoría especial entre los pacientes con esquizofrenia, por ello se ha propuesto denominarla trastorno esquizo-obsesivo, lo que establecería, más que un reto clínico, un reto semiológico, tratando de determinar y aceptar un nuevo concepto de idea obsesiva que pueda implicar poca conciencia de enfermedad donde no se considere la idea obsesiva como excesiva. Se describe el caso de un adulto de 28 años de edad quien presentó inicialmente síntomas negativos alternados con síntomas positivos, característicos de la esquizofrenia, a lo que se agregaron posteriormente ideas obsesivas con comportamientos compulsivos característicos del trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo.