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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 79-83 |
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Lurasidone treatment for delusional infestation in a patient with dementia
Yu-Ning Her1, Hsin-An Chang2, Fan-Jung Wan1, Nian-Sheng Tzeng2
1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center; Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Nian-Sheng Tzeng
Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Sec. 2, Chenggong Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei 114
Taiwan
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DOI: 10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_410_20
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Delusional infestation has been described since 1894. The variety of treatments of delusional infestation has been administered in different atypical antipsychotic agents. Here, we present a case of first treatment with lurasidone on the delusional infestation in a 68-year-old female with vascular dementia, and the literature reviews of the related delusion infestation management.
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