2000; Gorman & Kent, 1999). The remission of obsessive-compulsive symptoms due to this drug, in very short time, underlines the observations made in the literature. There are very few reports on sexual obsessions in the literature (Khanna etal., 1990). Patient reported a gradual reduction in the sexual desire and the frequency of sexual intercourse in last 3 years. Sexual dysfunction due a depressive illness was ruled out. because, she only developed depressive symptoms six months back. Freund et al. (1989) found one- third of their OCD sample reported obsessions related to sexual themes. This symptomatology interfered with sexuai satisfaction, particularly for those concerned with bodily secretions. She had viginal lubrication on seeing other males. Clark et al. (2000) found subjective physiological arousal to be a significant predictor of reduced control over sexual thoughts. She had physiological arousal and poor control over sexual thoughts. Aksaray et al. (2001) found that the women with OCD were more sexually non-sensual, avoidant, and anorgasmic than the women with GAD. A detailed sexual evaluation of every patient of OCD with sexual obsessions is essential to identify and treat such problem. REFERENCES * Correspondence SUNIL AWANA & SHIVANANDA JENA SUNILAWANA, D.N.B., D.P.M., M.N.A.M.S., SeniorResident.SHIVANANDAJENA ', M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Maulana Azad Medical College and G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.(email: jena@vsnl.in). Aksaray, G., Telken, B., Kaptanoglu, C , Oflu, S. & Ozaltin, M. (2001) Sexuality in women with obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Sexual & Marital Therapy, 27 (3), 273- 277. Clark, D.A., Purdon, C. & Byers, E.S. (2000) Appraisal and control of sexual and non- sexual thoughts in university students. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 38 (5), 439-455. Freund, B. & Steketee, G. (1989) Sexual history, attitudes and functioning of obsessive-compulsive patients. Journal of Sexual & Marital Therapy, 15(1), 31-41. Gorman, J.M. & Kent, J.M. (1999) SSRIs and SNRIs: broad spectrum of efficacy beyond major depression. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60 Suppl (4), 33-38. Khanna, S., Kaliaperumal, V.G. & Channabasavanna, S.M. (1990) Clusters of obsessive-compulsive phenomena in obsessive- compulsive disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 51-54. Ninan, P.T. (2000) Use of venlafaxine in other psychiatric disorders. Depression & Anxiety, 12 Suppl (1), 90-94. 376