AU - Owji, Mahsa AU - Naser Moghadasi, Abdorreza AU - Gholamian, Faezeh AU - Mousavi, Seyed Yaser TI - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as a Presenting Symptom of COVID-19: A case-series from Iran PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - babol-caspjim JN - babol-caspjim VO - 13 VI - 0 IP - 0 4099 - http://caspjim.com/article-1-2823-en.html 4100 - http://caspjim.com/article-1-2823-en.pdf SO - babol-caspjim 0 AB  - Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) involves different organs and clinical presentations varying from respiratory symptoms to gastrointestinal symptoms and neurological symptoms. Another group of symptoms are psychiatric symptoms and according to a study, 53.8% of participants reported various degrees of these symptoms. Case Presentation: In this study, we presented six cases with sudden onset OCD or exacerbation of the previously controlled OCD concomitant with COVID-19 symptoms.Obsessive compulsive symptoms can be the presenting manifestation of COVID-19. Conclusion: The neuropsychiatric manifestations may be resulted from central nervous system (CNS) infiltration, and dysregulation of inflammatory factors autoimmune responses. CP - IRAN IN - Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Medical center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran LG - eng PB - babol-caspjim PG - 259 PT - Case Series YR - 2022