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Phenomenology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy or Tourette Syndrome

Received January 30, 2007; revised March 19, 2007; accepted April 10, 2007. Drs. Mula, Cavanna, and Monaco are affiliated with The Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology at Amedeo Avogadro University in Novara, Italy; Dr. Cavanna is affiliated with the UCL Institute of Neurology in London, United Kingdom; Dr. Critchley is affiliated with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom; Dr. Robertson is affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Sciences at St. Georges Hospital Medical School in London, United Kingdom. Address correspondence to Dr. Marco Mula, Department of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, C.so Mazzini, 18, Novara 28100, Italy; marcomula{at}yahoo.it (e-mail).

ABSTRACT

Phenomenology of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder was compared in nine patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 15 with Tourette syndrome. Content of obsessive-compulsive themes focuses on sexuality and impulsiveness in Tourette syndrome and existential thoughts in temporal lobe epilepsy.

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