OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA : A CASE REPORT
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA : A CASE REPORT

Turk J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2007;14(1):33-37
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Abstract

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia are known among the oldest psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia may present resembling OCD or OC symptoms could be encountered in schizophrenic patients. Although the onset of both disorders is usually in adolescence, the rate of OCD in adolescent patients with schizophrenia has not yet been evaluated and such case reports are limited. In this paper we present a case which onset with OC symptoms, in later stage accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations and eventually diagnosed childhood onset schizophrenia. In concerning of this case, the co-occurrence of childhood schizophrenia and OCD (Schizo-obsessive disorder) will be discussed in aspect of diagnosis-treatment period.

Keywords: Childhood, Schizo-obsessive disorder.