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Antidepressant use in treatment of psychosis with comorbid depression in Parkinson's disease.

Meco G, Bernardi S

Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Viale dell'Università 30, 00185 Roma, Italy. giuseppe.meco@uniroma1.it

The authors report an improvement in delusions and hallucinations after antidepressant treatment (Clomipramine) in a parkinsonian patient with psychosis and comorbid depression. Their findings, which support a previous case treated with Citalopram, highlight the possible effectiveness of antidepressant therapy on psychotic symptoms in parkinsonian patients.

Published 25 December 2006 in Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 31(1): 311-3.
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