Clinical case report: considerable improvement of severe and difficult-to-treat obsessive-compulsive disorder with comorbid depression under treatment with esketamine and concomitant psychotherapy.
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2023 Alexander Kaltenboeck, Elisa Foerster, Sabrina Strafner et al.
A 28-year-old man was admitted to our psychiatric ward with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and comorbid depression. At intake, obsessive-compulsive symptoms were present most time of the day and were related to an intense fear of causing interpersonal misunderstandings. Various treatment attempts, including cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention...