RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nutritional and herbal supplements in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder
JF General Psychiatry
JO Gen Psych
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e100159
DO 10.1136/gpsych-2019-100159
VO 33
IS 2
A1 Canan Kuygun Karcı
A1 Gonca Gül Celik
YR 2020
UL http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/2/e100159.abstract
AB Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterised by obsessions and compulsions. The recommended treatments for OCD are cognitive– behavioural therapy using exposure and response prevention and/or pharmacotherapy. On the other hand, some nutritional and herbal supplements may be effective in the treatment of OCD. Nutritional and herbal supplements in OCD treatment will be reviewed in this paper. PubMed (Medline), Cochrane Library and Google Scholar databases were reviewed for the topic. There are some supplements that have been researched in OCD treatment studies such as vitamin D, vitamin B12, folic acid, homocysteine, trace elements, N-acetyl cysteine, glycine, myoinositol, St John’s wort, milk thistle, valerian root, curcumin and borage. The effectiveness of herbal and nutritional supplements in the treatment of OCD should be supported with more conclusive evidence.