Abstract
An 82-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression and early Alzheimer's disease was started on methylphenidate. Significant obsessive-compulsive behavior ensued but diminished over several weeks when methylphenidate was replaced by fluvoxamine. The patient had no prior psychiatric history, but he had a sister with obsessive-compulsive disorder. It appears that methylphenidate precipitated the patient's pathological behavior.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 612-613 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | CNS Spectrums |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |