Deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant obsessive compulsive disorder; an observational study with ten patients under real-life conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects 2-3% of the global population, causing distress in many functioning levels. Standard treatments only lead to a partial recovery, and about 10% of the patients remain treatment-resistant. Deep brain stimulation offers a treatment option for severe, therapy-refractory OCD, with a reported response of about 60%. We report a comprehensive clinical, demographic, and treatment data for patients who were treated with DBS in our institution.

Methods

We offered DBS to patients with severe chronic treatment resistant OCD. Severity was defined as marked impairment in functioning and treatment resistance was defined as non-response to adequate trials of medications and psychotherapy. Between 2020 and 2022, 11 patients were implant

SUBMITTER: Abdelnaim MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533930 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature