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    A case of monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis

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    Somatic type of delusional disorder is known monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis. According to DSM-VI, delusional disorder somatic type is defined as a somatic delusion in which a person believes he or she has a physical defect or general medical condition. A 47-year old man who claim had a disorder of coagulation, apply to emergency service with blood in a packet and a piece of meat. The patient has got coetaneous lesions results from self-injury to the skin. He said to that he had a disorder to unknown by medicine. This patient has been presented for the purpose of differential diagnosis and difficulty in treatment

    OCD symptoms in a sample of Turkish patients: A phenomenological picture

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    This study aimed to investigate the clinical features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the possible association between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and culture-related characteristics in a sample of Turkish patients with OCD. We studied 141 patients with OCD (according to DSM-IV criteria) consecutively admitted to our outpatient clinic during the period from February 1998 to December 2003. We used the Turkish version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) to interview all patients, and the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms and severity. The onset of OCD symptoms was earlier in males. Major depression was the most common comorbid disorder (30.5%). The most commonly occurring obsessions were contamination (56.1%), aggression (48.9%), and somatic (24.1%), followed by religious (19.9%), symmetry (18.4%), and sexual imagery (15.6%). Symmetry and sexual obsessions, and checking compulsions and rituals, tended to be more common in male patients. Dirt and contamination obsessions and washing compulsions were slightly more common in females. The vast majority of patients with religious obsessions (83%) and half of the patients with sexual obsessions had compulsions that included religious practices. Also, patients with sexual and religious obsessions had delayed seeking professional help. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc
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