The Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction via Treatment of Obsessive-compulsive Disorder in a Pediatric Patient

Abstract

Lower urinary tract dysfunction in the pediatric patient can be associated with mental health issues, such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In fact, 20%-40% of pediatric patients with daytime urinary incontinence have concomitant diagnosis of mental health disease.¹ Here, we present a case of lower urinary tract dysfunction in the setting of OCD, with symptom resolution following appropriate treatment of OCD. This case report demonstrates the importance of clinicians including mental health disorders in the differential of children with voiding dysfunction.