Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1347-1348
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Bowel obsessions responsive to tricyclic antidepressants in four patients
MA Jenike, HL Vitagliano, J Rabinowitz, DC Goff and L Baer
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic and Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
The authors report on four patients with disabling bowel obsessions who
responded to tricyclic antidepressant medication despite the absence of
depressive symptoms. The relationship of this symptom constellation to
DSM-III obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia is discussed.
