Severe akathisia causing neuroleptic failure: An indication for lithium therapy in schizophrenia?

A. Shalev; H. Hermesh; H. Munitz

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02944.x

Severe akathisia causing neuroleptic failure: An indication for lithium therapy in schizophrenia?

A. Shalev, H. Hermesh^*, H. Munitz

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Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

Several neuroleptics recurrently failed to ameliorate psychosis in three schizophrenic patients. Failures were caused by recurrent intractable akathisia, unresponsive to diazepam and trihexyphenidyl. Lacking this extrapyramidal side effect, lithium carbonate was tried and proved an effective antipsychotic. It is suggested that in schizophrenic psychosis lithium is a rational therapeutic option in cases of neuroleptic intolerance and failures due to akathisia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	715-718
Number of pages	4
Journal	Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Volume	76
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02944.x
State	Published - Dec 1987

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akathisia
neuroleptic lithium
schizophrenia

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