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L'ocytocine dans le traitement du trouble obsessionnel: un rapport négatif à propos de deux cas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

G. Charles ,
R. Guillaume ,
M. Schittecatte ,
P. Pholien ,
J.P. Van Wettere  and
J. Wilmotte
G. Charles
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
R. Guillaume
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
M. Schittecatte
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
P. Pholien
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
J.P. Van Wettere
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
J. Wilmotte
Affiliation:
Hôpital Vincent Van Gogh, rue de l'hôpital, 55, B-6030 Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgique
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Résumé

Deux patients, un homme de 43 ans et une femme de 24 ans, répondant aux critères diagnostiques du trouble obsessionnel compulsif ont été traités par ocytocine à 10 UI/jour, en intramusculaire. L'ocytocine est un nona-peptide hypophysaire dont la propriété d'altérer la mémoire est connue chez l'animal et chez l'homme. Une rémission relative du trouble obsessionnel compulsif a récemment été signalée lors d'un traitement prolongé par ocytocine intranasale. Nous n'avons, quant à nous, observé aucune amélioration des symptômes obsessionnels compulsifs (évalués selon la liste du Maudsley Hospital) durant les 15 à 20 jours de traitement. Les implications liées au mode d'administration sont discutées, de même que le rôle joué par d'éventuelles manifestations psychopathologiques survenant en cours de traitement.

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Summary

Oxytocin is known to alter memory functions in both man and animal recently, clinical improvement of an obsessive-compulsive patient under ocytocine has been reported. Two inpatients, a 24-year-old female and a 43-year-old male suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, were treated with oxytocin IM (10 UI/day) during 2 years and 3 weeks, respectively. We did not observe any symptomatic improvement. Symptoms were assessed according to the Maudsley Inventory. Influences of pharmacokinetic parameters of the peptide and of preexistant psychopathology are discussed.

Keywords

troubles obsessionnels-compulsifsocytocineaction négativeobsessive-compulsive disorderoxytocinnegative report
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Fait clinique
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Psychiatry and Psychobiology , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , 1989 , pp. 111 - 115
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1989

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