Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1285-1286
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
An open trial of buspirone in obsessive-compulsive disorder
MA Jenike and L Baer
Harvard Medical School, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Clinic and Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Of 14 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who entered an 8-week
open trial of buspirone, none improved. The ineffectiveness of buspirone
may shed light on the serotonergic hypothesis that has been proposed for
this disorder.