Behavioral treatment in two cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder with concomitant bipolar affective disorder

Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Mar;142(3):358-60. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.3.358.

Abstract

The authors describe two cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder with concomitant bipolar affective disorder. Behavior therapy consisting of in vivo exposure plus response prevention controlled the obsessive-compulsive symptoms only after the affective illness was well controlled pharmacologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Behavior Therapy*
  • Bipolar Disorder / complications*
  • Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy
  • Desipramine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Haloperidol / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Lithium / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / complications
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy*

Substances

  • Lithium
  • Haloperidol
  • Desipramine