Idiopathic pruritus in psychiatric inpatients: an explorative study.

Unlabelled: Pruritus is an annoying physical symptom, frequently related to mental states. Dermatologic treatment commonly includes psychotropic medications.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate idiopathic pruritus (IP) in psychiatric patients, its demographic characteristics and its relationship to psychiatric diagnoses, psychosocial stress, medication use, drug use and psychological characteristics.

LSD-induced Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder with depressive features treated with reboxetine: case report.

We would like to present the case of a patient who had a prior history of cannabis, ecstasy (MDMA) and LSD abuse and who developed both Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) and a major depressive episode. Following two unsuccessful SSRIs trials, reboxetine was prescribed. During a six-month follow-up period on reboxetine 6 mg.

Risperidone-associated, benign transient visual disturbances in schizophrenic patients with a past history of LSD abuse.

Two schizophrenic patients, who had a prior history of LSD abuse and who had previously developed EPS with classic antipsychotics, were successfully treated with risperidone. They both reported short episodes of transient visual disturbances, which appeared immediately after starting treatment with risperidone. This imagery resembled visual disturbances previously experienced as "flashbacks" related to prior LSD consumption.