@article{ref1,
title="Life-threatening obsessive-compulsive disorder precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic in an adolescent",
journal="BJPsych bulletin",
year="2022",
author="Jayakumar, Ahrane and Sanchez-Cerezo, Javier and Khayam, Afshan and Spreeuwenberg, Brigitte and Hodes, Matthew",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 has had massive mental health consequences worldwide. It has caused generalised fear and anxiety about catching, spreading and suffering from the virus. This article describes a fictionalised patient's presentation of life-threatening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) associated with fears of catching COVID-19. The fears resulted in refusal to eat and drink, with subsequent weight loss that required paediatric admission. The scenario portrays the association between COVID-19 and life-threatening OCD symptoms and goes on to illustrate the patient's good response to standard OCD treatments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-4694",
doi="10.1192/bjb.2022.32",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.32"
}