Aripiprazole augmentation in treating comorbid bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder

作     者：Andrea Amerio Anna Odone Andrea Amerio;Anna Odone;Inpatient Mental Health Service, SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital;Mood Disorders Program, Tufts Medical Center;School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

作者机构：Inpatient Mental Health Service SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital Mood Disorders Program Tufts Medical Center School of Medicine Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 

出 版 物：《General Psychiatry》 (综合精神医学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第31卷第6期

页      面：146-147页

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学科分类：10[医学] 

主　　题：comorbid disorder OCD patients bipolar 

摘      要：Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) is one of the most difficult additional diagnoses to manage in patients with bipolar disorder(BD) since the gold standard treatment for one disease(antidepressants for OCD) can worsen the other. This case report describes the efficacy of aripiprazole augmentation as maintenance therapy in a young patient with comorbid BD-OCD. Our patient presented complete remission of affective and obsessivecompulsive symptoms with remarkable improvement in social and occupational functioning for 24 *** drug reactions were not severe enough to result in drug discontinuation. In consideration of the important nosological, clinical and therapeutic implications, future research efforts may lead to more grounded guidelines,which are greatly needed in patients with comorbid BDOCD.