Methylphenidate-Induced Obsessive-Compulsiveness

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-2-11

Methylphenidate-Induced Obsessive-Compulsiveness

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 12 (1998): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 1998

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy with a transient but severely debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), induced by a brief course of methylphenidate (MPH) (10 mg/daily) for treatment of mild, uncomplicated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is reported from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, Illinois.

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Faraone SV Biederman J Weber W Russell RL Psychiatric, neuropsychological, and psychosocial features of DSM-IV subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: results from a clinically referred sample J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998 Feb 37 2 185 193 10.1097/00004583-199802000-00011 9473915
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-2-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 15 - 16

Published on: Feb 1, 1998

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylphenidate,

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,

Comorbid Complication

© 1998 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 12 (1998): Issue 2