Pathological laughter as an obsessive-compulsive phenomenon

Psychopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-83

  Mendhekar, D N ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive compulsive phenomenon; Pathological laughter

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 2442548417     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077583     Document Type: Article

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