MCQ Psychiatry Answer 16

The Correct Answer is C


Obsessive-compulsive disorders often begins in childhood or early adulthood and rarely remits without specific therapy. Obsessive-compulsives are acutely aware that their rituals or repetitive thoughts are irrational, unlike schizophrenics who usually do not regard their unusual thoughts or acts as “crazy”. All tricyclic antidepressants are not equivalent in controlling obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, and clomipramine has been shown to be superior in efficacy to several others such as amitriptyline, imipramine, and nortriptyline. Clomipramine is also more effective than monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The adverse effects of clomipramine include anticholinergic side effects such as blurred vision and dry mouth


Ref: Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ (eds): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry/VI, ed 6. Williams & Wilkins, 1995, pp 1218-1227.

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