Testo aa, garnaat sl, corse ak, et al.A case of non-affective psychosis followed by extended response to non-stimulation in deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder.Brain stimul.2020;13(5):1317-1319.10.1016/j.Brs.2020.06.019.The study sought to investigate effectiveness of dbs as a treatment for intractable ocd, as preliminary data had shown promising therapeutic effects.Reported events: approximately 18 months after implantation, the patient presented with an acute onset of psychotic symptoms shortly after dbs amplitude was increased.At the following visit dbs voltage was reduced, but psychotic symptoms persisted.The patient described ideas of reference, magical thinking unrelated to any previous ocd symptoms (e.G., talking to trees), and other delusional beliefs.There was no accompanying grandiosity, euphoria, pleasure-seeking, or change in sleep suggesting hypomania.His functioning worsened in tandem.An antipsychotic was started (risperidone 2mg/day).The patient's condition improved with stimulation turned off and an increased dose in medication.The patient's stimulation was turned off for 2 years, and ocd symptoms remains in control.After two years the patient's ocd symptoms retuned so stimulation was turned back and the patient's condition improved.It was not possible to ascertain specific device information from the article or to match the reported event with any previously reported event.
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