Abstract:It is described the clinical case of a young adult male patient with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) diagnosis, whose main symptomatology lies in obsessive ideas and religious rituals (scrupulosity), aimed at fasting, restricting food intake and losing significant weight (initial body mass index [BMI] of 17.1). We discuss the presence of anorexia nervosa secondary to OCD, it is described the relationships between the two pathologies, the relevance of the dual diagnosis in this case, and the particularities … Show more
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