Sertraline-induced akathisia and dystonia misinterpreted as a panic attack [4]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1477-1478

  Walker, Lisa ^a  

^a Naval Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 0036830669     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.11.1477     Document Type: Letter

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