Executive Dysfunction and Language Deficits in a PediatricPatient with OCD and MDD with Suicidality

The role of neuropsychiatric testing in psychiatric disorders is becoming more prominent. Neuropsychological measures that aresimilar across symptom domains and phenomena such as suicidality may help clinicians guide treatment and tailor therapies tothe patient in the most effective way possible. We report the case of a 16-year-old girl who presented with bizarre, intrusive suicidalthoughts in the setting of OCD and MDD. This case is unusual in that we have accurate neuropsychological determination of ourpatient’s language and executive function deficits, and we propose a link between them and her expression of suicidality in thecontext of OCD and MDD