Obsessive-Compulsive Rituals

Abstract

, 152, 522â€"534) have recently reported on the effects of clomipramine and various modalities of behavioural therapy in a double-blind trial involving 49 ritualising obsessive compulsive patients. We feel that the review of litera ture and the interpretation of findings provided by the authors may not be fully correct. The authors suggest that no studies support the therapeutic superiority of clomipramine in comparison with other tricyclic drugs in treating