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Case Reports
. 2012 Jul;34(3):279-82.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.106036.

Comorbid bipolar affective disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder in childhood: a case study and brief review

Amlan K Jana  1 , Samir Kumar Praharaj, Vinod Kumar Sinha
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Comorbid bipolar affective disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder in childhood: a case study and brief review

Amlan K Jana et al. Indian J Psychol Med. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

Obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar affective disorder in the pediatric population show a bidirectional overlap. Few studies that have addressed this issue show that the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder in bipolar affective disorder patients ranges from 0 to 54%, and 1.85 to 36% of the obsessive compulsive disorder patients have a comorbid bipolar affective disorder. We report a case of a patient with an onset of obsessive compulsive disorder at two-and-a-half years of age, who developed mania after exposure to escitalopram. We suggest that in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder cases, antidepressants be used with caution, especially in cases with a positive family history of bipolar affective disorder.

Keywords: Bipolar affective disorder; childhood; obsessive compulsive disorder.

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