Abstract
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is commonly comorbid with other psychiatric disorders, specifi cally anxiety disorders, and the frequency of comorbid psychiatric disorders changes with age. Presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders affects treatment responses and prognosis. Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (SPCD), which phenomenologically is linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a new diagnostic category under the heading of communication disorders in DSM-5. Although there are lots of information about the comorbidity of OCD and ASD, no data is available regarding the comorbidity of OCD and SPDC in the literature we know of, to this date. In this article we presented a preschooler diagnosed with SPDC and OCD, whose OCD symptoms improved after pharmacotherapy with sertraline.
Keywords: Preschool period, obsessive compulsive disorder, social (pragmatic) communication disorder, sertraline.
