A Case Report of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treated With Homoeopathy

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@article{1702653,
      author = {Dr. M. Gnnanaprakasham, Dr. V. Sakthivel},
      title = {A Case Report of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treated With Homoeopathy},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2021},
      volume = {4},
      number = {10},
      pages = {43-52},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1702653.pdf},
      abstract = {Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is the most commonly diagnosed disorder among the neurotic stress related and somatoform disorders (ICD 10 - F 42). Among the worldwide statistics it is presented approximately 2% of population and the symptoms include obsessive thoughts of fear of contamination by germs or microbes and compulsive acts of repetitive cleaning, checking, and intrusive thoughts of obsessions and inordinate concern with orderliness and symmetry. A case of OCD treated initially with conventional medicine and later on with homoeopathy medications for a period of more than 2 years showed its efficacy in complete remission of the illness with gradual tapering and complete withdrawal of conventional medicines. The improvement of the case has been assessed through individual domains in Yale brown obsessive compulsive scale on every visit and without any psychological therapies. },
      keywords = {Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Homoeopathy, Calc. Carb, Y-BOCS Scale},
      month = {April},
  }