Post-stroke psychosis: how long should we treat?

Abstract Objective: To describe a rare case of a patient who developed psychotic symptoms after a right stroke that disappeared with antipsychotic treatment, but appears to need low-dose maintenance antipsychotic therapy. Case description: A 65-year-old man presented at the psychiatric emergency s...

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Main Authors: Maria do Céu Ferreira, Célia Machado, Beatriz Santos, Álvaro Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2017-06-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892017000200144&lng=en&tlng=en