Bowel obsessions responsive to tricyclic antidepressants in four patients

Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Oct;144(10):1347-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.144.10.1347.

Abstract

The authors report on four patients with disabling bowel obsessions who responded to tricyclic antidepressant medication despite the absence of depressive symptoms. The relationship of this symptom constellation to DSM-III obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / therapeutic use*
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Defecation*
  • Fecal Incontinence / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / drug therapy*
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy
  • Phobic Disorders / psychology

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic