Obsessive-compulsive-bipolar disorder comorbidity: a case report

• Author(s): Ribeiro, J ; Silva, J
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1103
• Origin: Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
• Subject(s): Perturbação bipolar; Perturbações psicóticas; Ansiedade; Bipolar disorders; Anxiety
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Anxiety disorders have been described as features of Bipolar Disorder (BD), and Obsessive- compulsive-bipolar disorder (OCBD) may occur in as many as 56% of obsessive- compulsive patients. Mania in Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can occur either as an independent comorbidity or as a result of an antidepressant-induced switch. We report the case of a 38-year-old male with a 3 year diagnosis of OCD treated with antidepressants, admitted due to a manic episode, and describe diagnostic and treatment challenges of this comorbidity.