A Case of Very-late-onset Schizophrenia-like Psychosis.

Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci

Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

Published: August 2011

This paper presents the case of a 67-year-old woman who visited the Psychiatry Department complaining of persecutory ideas and auditory hallucinations after a buccal cancer operation. On neuropsychological testing, she demonstrated paranoid psychosis and bizarre thoughts. Hospital admission was recommended for supportive care and treatment with antipsychotics. She was initially treated with olanzapine, but this medication had little effect and was replaced with amisulpride, which reduced the residual symptoms. The aim of this report was to discuss the diagnostic process and treatment of very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569078PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2011.9.2.91DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

schizophrenia-like psychosis
8
case very-late-onset
4
very-late-onset schizophrenia-like
4
psychosis paper
4
paper presents
4
presents case
4
case 67-year-old
4
67-year-old woman
4
woman visited
4
visited psychiatry
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!