Emerging skin-picking behaviour after serotonin reuptake inhibitor-treatment in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: Possible mechanisms and implications for clinical care

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Denys, Damiaan ^a   Van Megen, Harold J G M ^a   Westenberg, Herman G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Impulse control disorders; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Pharmacotherapy; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Side effects; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DRUG MECHANISM; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RASH; RATING SCALE; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAROXETINE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SKIN;

EID: 0037347980     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881103017001718     Document Type: Article

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