Obsessive-Compulsive-Bipolar Disorder Comorbidity: A Case Report

Authors

  • João Pedro Ribeiro Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, EPE
  • João Coelho Silva Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, EPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.3327

Keywords:

Affective Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Mania, Manic Episode

Abstract

Anxiety disorders have been described as features of Bipolar Disorder (BD), and Obsessive-compulsive-bipolar disorder (OCBD) may occur in as many as 56% of obsessive-compulsive patients. Mania in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can occur either as an independent comorbidity or as a result of an antidepressant-induced switch. We report the case of a 38-year-old male with a 3 year diagnosis of OCD treated with antidepressants, admitted due to a manic episode, and describe diagnostic and treatment challenges of this comorbidity.

Published

2013-12-16

Issue

Section

Case Reports