New Onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Following High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex for Treatment of Negative Symptoms in a Patient with Schizophrenia
10.9758/cpn.2019.17.3.443
- Author:
Harshit GARG
1
;
Saurabh KUMAR
;
Swarndeep SINGH
;
Nand KUMAR
;
Rohit VERMA
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. drrv321@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
Negative symptoms;
Schizophrenia;
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- MeSH:
Brain Diseases;
Humans;
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder;
Prefrontal Cortex;
Schizophrenia;
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- From:Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
2019;17(3):443-445
- CountryRepublic of Korea
-
Abstract:
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and/or obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) are frequently comorbid with schizophrenia, though the exact clinical and etiological relationship between them is poorly understood. Here we describe a case that, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report of new-onset OCD in a patient who was receiving high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over left dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex as an adjuvant therapy for negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Thisreport supports our understanding of OCD as a brain disorder involving hyper-activity of pre-frontal cortex and cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical circuit dysfunction.
