Pica responding to SSRI: An OCD spectrum disorder?

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 3, 2009, Pages 936-938

  Bhatia, Manjeet S ^a   Gupta, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Obsession; Pica; SSRI; Stress

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHARACTER; COMPULSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTONIC DISORDER; EGO; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PICA; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PICA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949494638     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970701308389     Document Type: Article

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