scholarly journals Social Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Are Common Among Persons With Multiple Sclerosis at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail A Khatri ◽  
Sarah Aljwair ◽  
Hajar Alammar ◽  
Amjad Altariq ◽  
Nazish Masud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Medical City

Obsessive compulsive disorder and multiple sclerosis: a case report implicating serotonergic dysfunction

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aideen Freyne ◽  
Rory K Shelley
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Pharmacological Response ◽  
Serotonergic Pathway ◽  
Serotonergic Dysfunction

AbstractA patient who developed obsessive compulsive disorder within a year of developing multiple sclerosis is described. Possible reasons for an association between these two conditions are discussed. The role of serotonergic pathway dysfunction in obsessive compulsive disorder is also suggested by the pharmacological response in this case.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Multiple Sclerosis: Three Cases

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-175
Author(s):  
Rabia Bilici ◽  
Nuray Türksoy Karalı ◽  
Nevin Sütlaş ◽  
Demet Kuşçu ◽  
Rıdvan Bilici
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

scholarly journals Body Dysmorphic Disorder Insights in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Zachary A. Koenig ◽  
Sarah Callaham ◽  
Brittany Waltz ◽  
Julie Bosley ◽  
Raja Mogallapu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
The Body ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Setting ◽  
Significant Impairment

Body dysmorphic disorder is a chronic disorder involving imagined or partial appearance defects that lead to significant impairment in everyday life. It is quite prevalent but remains a clinically underdiagnosed psychiatric condition especially in the inpatient psychiatric setting. Onset of body dysmorphic disorder typically begins in adolescence with subclinical symptoms. Over time, symptoms progress to patients meeting the full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) criteria. Severe cases of the body dysmorphic disorder are often camouflaged by concurrent diseases like major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance use disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Further, compounding the complexity of body dysmorphic disorder is a treatment of patients who present with coinciding suicidal ideations. Here, we present a unique case of a 40-year-old female admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for treatment of ongoing depression and suicidal symptoms. Early on in her inpatient course, she had symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, and alcohol use disorder. The constellation of symptoms prompted evaluation for body dysmorphic disorder and subsequent targeted treatment. This case report highlights the complexities associated with diagnosing body dysmorphic disorder, the importance of considering it a branch point for other psychiatric conditions, and the treatment for patients who present with coinciding suicidal behavior.

scholarly journals Neuroinflammation and Disrupted Synaptic Plasticity, the Main Pathological Processes in Multiple Sclerosis and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Enrichment Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehrinezhad ◽  
Ali Bozorgmehr ◽  
Sajad Sahab Negah ◽  
Minoo Karimi ◽  
Ali Shahbazi
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Synaptic Plasticity ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Enrichment Analysis ◽  
Receptor Activity ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Functional Interactions ◽  
New Genes

Abstract Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, inflammatory demyelinating, and disabling disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) with various clinical symptoms. Approximately 30% of the patients experience a variety of psychiatric problems during their disease course. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is correlated with MS, but little is known about common molecular mechanisms of two diseases. Methods: In this study, after a comprehensive review of the existing literature, we collected almost all the genes involved in MS and OCD, and then analyzed the common genes between MS and OCD. Next, the connections and functional interactions between these three gene sets were investigated in the STRING database and analyzed in 3 separate networks by Cytoscape software. Eventually, after a multi-part enrichment analysis, we found the main molecular and cellular pathways, biological processes, brain areas, and, more importantly, cells/tissue related to the shared genes between MS and OCD. Results: Three genes of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), and neurexin-1 (NRXN1) are the major genes that were common between MS and OCD. Also, the deficit in synaptogenesis and neurotransmitter release in the nervous system are the most common complications of MS and OCD. Signaling receptor activity and estrogen receptor activity are the most important signaling pathways that are disturbed. Moreover, the presynaptic membrane, membrane raft, and growth cone are the main microenvironments that are affected in MS and OCD.Conclusions: In addition to an enrichment analysis that showed physical and functional interactions of genes related to MS and OCD, we demonstrated and predicted some new genes and microRNAs that can be promising biomarkers/targets for future experimental studies. Also, our finding indicated that neuroinflammation and synaptic plasticity are two significant pathological processes that are affected in MS and OCD.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder associated with parietal white matter multiple sclerosis plaques

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (4-3) ◽  
pp. 956-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanassios Douzenis ◽  
Panayiota G. Michalopoulou ◽  
Constantine Voumvourakis ◽  
Maria Typaldou ◽  
Ioannis Michopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
White Matter ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder
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