The improvement of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a patient with schizophrenia treated with clozapine [1]

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-236

  Kumar, Shailesh ^a,b   Ng, Bradley ^c   Howie, William ^d  

^a Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Richmond CTPLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CLOZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; SOLVENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037395988     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01107.x     Document Type: Letter

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