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Lithium carbonate in prophylaxis of reappearing catatonic stupor: Case report
Author(s) -
Sugahara Yuriko,
Tsukamoto Hajime,
Sasaki Tsukasa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00762.x
Subject(s) - stupor , lithium carbonate , catatonia , lithium (medication) , psychosis , carbonate , anesthesia , regimen , medicine , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , chemistry , surgery , organic chemistry , vomiting , ion , ionic bonding
The case of a patient with reappearing stupor, accompanied by auditory hallucinations and persecutory ideas during the periods and not with alternating excitement, is reported. After 24 years of neuroleptics medication with little effect, the lithium carbonate regimen was started, which showed a remarkable prophylactic effect. The implications of lithium carbonate treatment for recurrent psychosis are discussed.