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| Published: July 30, 2025
Age Is Just a Number: Unveiling the Enigma of Late Onset OCD, Its Treatment and Prognosis: A Case Series
Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru. Karnataka, India.
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Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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DIP: 18.01.099.20251303
DOI: 10.25215/1303.099
ABSTRACT
The study is about the occurrence of late-onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in elderly individuals. The study focuses on how OCD symptoms can manifest after the age of 50 without any underlying neurological cause. The results show that OCD can develop later in life as a primary psychiatric illness and may be triggered by psychosocial stressors. The study was conducted on three elderly patients from middle socioeconomic status. There is no gender difference observed, and all cases responded positively to pharmacological treatment.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2025, Puneeth, K.M., Sharanabasappa, A. & Ananya, K.A.
Received: June 27, 2025; Revision Received: July 25, 2025; Accepted: July 30, 2025
Dr. Puneeth K M @ puneethkm1995@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.099.20251303
10.25215/1303.099
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Published in Volume 13, Issue 3, July-September, 2025