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Case Reports
. 1988 Dec:153:839-42.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.153.6.839.

Delayed emergence of obsessive-compulsive neurosis following head injury. Case report and review of its theoretical implications

L M Drummond  1 , S Gravestock
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Case Reports

Delayed emergence of obsessive-compulsive neurosis following head injury. Case report and review of its theoretical implications

L M Drummond et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1988 Dec.

Abstract

A patient with obsessive-compulsive neurosis arising six months after minor head injury is described. The theoretical implications of this case are discussed. A neuropsychological model to explain the onset of the disorder in this and previously reported cases is suggested.

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