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
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	obsessive–compulsive disorder COVID-19 in-patient treatment children and adolescents exposure response prevention Psychiatry RC435-571
Zdroj:	BJPsych Bulletin, Vol 47, Pp 280-286 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2056-4694 2056-4708
DOI:	10.1192/bjb.2022.32
Popis:	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:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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