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Effectiveness of carbamazepine for benzodiazepine-resistant impulsive aggression in a patient with frontal infarctions.
- Source :
- Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences; Dec2007, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p695-697, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Anticonvulsants have been used for the treatment of impulsive aggression since the 1980s. A 50-year-old man suffered from irritability and agitation after developing a right ipsilateral frontal lobe infarction as a result of Moyamoya disease; these symptoms caused difficulties with his working and interpersonal relationships. The patient had been treated using multiple benzodiazepine agents for 2 years but his symptoms had not improved. However, after treatment with carbamazepine (CBZ; 200 mg) was begun, the patient's irritability and agitation gradually decreased. The efficacy of CBZ treatment in this patient suggests a method for controlling benzodiazepine-resistant impulsive aggression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13231316
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27743770
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01737.x