Risperidone for post-traumatic combat nightmares: A report of four cases

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 920-928

  Detweiler, Mark B ^a,b,c   Khachiyants, Nina ^d   Detweiler, Jonna G ^b   Ali, Rizwan ^b,c   Kim, Kye Y ^c,e,f  

^a Psychiatry Service   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

^e Memory Disorders Clinic   (United States)

^f Geriatric Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Combat; Depression; Nightmares; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; Risperidone; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NIGHTMARE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PARANOIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DREAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISPERIDONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84255192572     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2011.920     Document Type: Article

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