Refractory OCD Due to Thalamic Infarct With Response to Dronabinol

Joseph J Cooper; Jon Grant

doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030053

Refractory OCD Due to Thalamic Infarct With Response to Dronabinol

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017 Winter;29(1):77-78. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030053. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Authors

Joseph J Cooper¹, Jon Grant¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago (JJC, JG).

PMID: 27539378
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030053

Abstract

Structural brain lesions can be a rare cause of refractory psychiatric symptoms. The analysis of such cases may lead to insights into psychiatric neurobiology. Here we present a case of a dronabinol-responsive obsessive-compulsive syndrome after thalamic infarct.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Infarction / complications*
Brain Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Brain Infarction / drug therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dronabinol / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / diagnostic imaging
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / drug therapy*
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / etiology*
Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use*
Thalamus / diagnostic imaging*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Psychotropic Drugs
Dronabinol