Three case reports of acute paroxysmal excitement associated with alprazolam treatment

A. Strahan; J. Rosenthal; M. Kaswan; A. Winston

doi:10.1176/ajp.142.7.859

Three case reports of acute paroxysmal excitement associated with alprazolam treatment

A. Strahan
, J. Rosenthal
, M. Kaswan
, A. Winston

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Three patients receiving alprazolam developed, within days after beginning treatment, acute excitatory states with features more suggestive of mania than of disinhibition syndrome. The authors suggest a neurochemical link between mania and disinhibitory states.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	859-861
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	142
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.7.859
State	Published - 1985
Externally published	Yes

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Three case reports of acute paroxysmal excitement associated with alprazolam treatment

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