Objective Antipsychotics have conflicting data with respect to obsessive–compulsive
disorder/symptoms (OCD/OCS), with some reporting causality and some reporting treatment …

Background: Retrospective studies using spontaneous reporting system databases have
provided a great understanding of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the real world …

The prevalence of OCS and OCD is higher in schizophrenic patients than in the general
population. These disorders are sometimes induced by AAPs. There is higher frequency of …

Introduction: Around 40–60% of the patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD)
remain unimproved by serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs). Goal of this study was to …

Discussion This case report suggests that combining escitalopram and aripiprazole can
significantly improve treatment-refractory OCD. The selective response of OCD patients to …

One of the most studied and well-documented strategies for treatment-resistant obsessive–
compulsive disorder (OCD) is the addition of antipsychotic drugs to the ongoing serotonin …

Introduction: Antipsychotic drugs are the main therapy for schizophrenia and have been
widely used in mental disorder fields. However, the research on the safety of antipsychotic …

A large proportion of schizophrenia patients treated with second generation antipsychotics
will develop Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However, there are few studies about …

To the Editors: The prevalence of patients with schizo-phrenia exhibiting obsessive-
compulsive symptoms (OCS) is estimated at approximately 30%. 1 Approximately 12% of …

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCSs) are frequently comorbid with schizophrenia. For
more than a century, OCSs during the course of schizophrenia have been described in …