Symptoms of delusion: The effects of discontinuation of low-dose venlafaxine

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-331

  Koga, M ^a,c   Kodaka, F ^b,c   Miyata, H ^c   Nakayama, K ^c  

^a Machida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sobu Hospital   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressives; Antipsychotics; Depression; Psychopharmacology; Side effects

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; PEROSPIRONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DELUSION; DETERIORATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; STOMACH PAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 70349103730     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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