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A public health emergency of international concern, novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Since then, it has been caused a pandemic along with serious mental health problems. No other disorder is more vulnerable to the current situation than obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Our case series focuses on the effects of COVID-19 on OCD along with its various manifestations. Most of our patients had exacerbated symptoms during the current situation, but there were also new onset OCD cases triggered by a variety of stressors., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest., (Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal.)

People with intellectual disability (ID) have a greater frequency of psychiatric illnesses, ranging from 10% to 80%, as compared to the general population. It has been proven that mood stabilizers are beneficial in the management of behavior issues in people with ID. Here, we report a series of five cases with mild and moderate ID with behavioral disturbances including mood and psychotic symptoms managed successfully with sodium valproate as the part of the treatment., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest., (Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal.)