Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Suicide Obsessions in a First Responder without Previous Diagnosis of OCD or History of Suicide Attempts

Table 1

Previously published case reports on OCD with suicidal obsession.

Report	Age	Sex	History	Comments
Al-Zaben [13]	54	Female	Long history of MDD,; long history of OCD	OCD symptoms were improved with paroxetine and cognitive restructuring.
Wetzler et al. [14]	29	Female	Long history of MDD,; suicide attempt with posttraumatic obsession	Depression was improved with ECT and citalopram.; OCD improved with gradual exposure therapy.
Wetterneck et al. [15]	40s	Male	MDD, chronic treatment resistant OCD	Improved after treatment with Foa et al.’s protocol on exposure and ritual/response prevention (ERP), an evidence-based treatment for OCD.
Aukst-Margetić et al. [16]	54	Male	Bipolar disorder	Developed ego-dystonic suicidal obsession with clozapine in a dose dependent manner. Improved with switch to a different atypical antipsychotic.