Long-Term Deep-Brain Stimulation Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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To the Editor: Three years ago, we reported on a successful case of deep-brain stimulation (DBS), targeted at the nucleus accumbens, in a 30-year-old man with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Here we provide the follow-up to that case.

 

Case report. At presentation, our patient had had a 5-year history of OCD (DSM-IV) with contamination obsessions and washing compulsions.