Increased Anxiety, Akathisia, and Suicidal Thoughts in Patients with Mood Disorder on Aripiprazole and Lamotrigine

Introduction. Akathisia affects around 18% of patients with bipolar disorder treated with aripiprazole and may worsen when aripiprazole is combined with lamotrigine and antidepressants. Case. This paper reports on two clinical cases involving patients with a diagnosis of mood disorder who developed...

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Main Authors: Milena Pereira Pondé, Antonio Carlos Cruz Freire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/419746