Journal of Psychiatry

Olfactory reference syndrome- A case report

28^th World Congress on Psychiatry, Psychological Syndromes & Therapeutics

May 21-22, 2018 | New York, USA

Meng Zi Jie Aaron

Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Background: Olfactory reference syndrome (ORS) is an interesting psychiatric condition which is characterised by a preoccupation that one emits body odour, which is not perceived by others. While anecdotally described as a discrete condition, its phenomenological overlap between anxiety and psychotic disorders poses a challenge in diagnostic classification. We present a case of a 19 year old Chinese Male who was referred through his gastroenterologist for having a fixed persistent belief of having an offensive body odour, which seemingly worsened after his mother had passed away. He was found to have significant anxiety and coped with safety behaviours which had become maladaptive with time. His excessive worries were also associated with psychotic symptoms of referential delusions and olfactory hallucinations related to flatulence. As in our case, the clinical picture of ORS may cross both anxiety and psychotic symptoms and warrants further review in the latest diagnostic classification manual.

Biography :

Meng Zi Jie Aaron is a graduate of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine from the National University of Singapore. He is currently a Senior Resident of the local Psychiatry Residency Programme and is in his final year of training at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. He has undergone rotations in most fields of Psychiatry, including Adult General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychogeriatric, Addiction Medicine, Consultation and Liason Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry.
Email:aaron.meng@mohh.com.sg