Life-threatening obsessive–compulsive disorder precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic in an adolescent

Autor:	Ahrane Jayakumar, Javier Sanchez-Cerezo, Afshan Khayam, Brigitte Spreeuwenberg, Matthew Hodes
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Psychiatry and Mental health
Zdroj:	BJPsych Bulletin. :1-7
ISSN:	2056-4708 2056-4694
Popis:	Summary The COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 has had massive mental health consequences worldwide. It has caused generalised fear and anxiety about catching, spreading and suffering from the virus. This article describes a fictionalised patient's presentation of life-threatening obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) associated with fears of catching COVID-19. The fears resulted in refusal to eat and drink, with subsequent weight loss that required paediatric admission. The scenario portrays the association between COVID-19 and life-threatening OCD symptoms and goes on to illustrate the patient's good response to standard OCD treatments.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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