Violent parasomnia associated with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor: A case report

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1982-1983

  Khawaja, Imran S ^a   Hurwitz, Thomas D ^a   Schenck, Carlos H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG MOVEMENT; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE ATONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; TREMOR;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AROUSAL; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 60349100415     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n1219b     Document Type: Letter

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