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[A control study of clomipramine and amitriptyline for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder].

Jun Zhao

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This paper reported a comparative study of clomipramine (n = 21) and amitriptyline (n = 18) for treatment OCD. The improvement rate of clomipramine and amitriptyline was 95.2% and 55.6%, respectively (P less than 0.01). The decreased scores of obsessive-compulsive and depressive factors of SCL-90 of clomipramine were higher than amitriptyline. The results showed that clomipramine has better therapeutic effects and less side-effects than amitriptyline.

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Key concepts: Clomipramine, Amitriptyline, Medicine, Psychology, Anesthesia, Internal medicine