Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy

Depression is one of the commonest disorders encountered in general hospital psychiatry. Acromegaly is a condition with excessive growth hormone secretion that may at times present with oversychopathology. We present the case of a 33-year-old lady with depression and acromegaly that successfully res...

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Autor principal: De Sousa, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.53317
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description Depression is one of the commonest disorders encountered in general hospital psychiatry. Acromegaly is a condition with excessive growth hormone secretion that may at times present with oversychopathology. We present the case of a 33-year-old lady with depression and acromegaly that successfully resolved after treatment with escitalopram and cognitive therapy.
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spelling pubmed-31680822011-09-21 Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy De Sousa, Avinash Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Depression is one of the commonest disorders encountered in general hospital psychiatry. Acromegaly is a condition with excessive growth hormone secretion that may at times present with oversychopathology. We present the case of a 33-year-old lady with depression and acromegaly that successfully resolved after treatment with escitalopram and cognitive therapy. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3168082/ /pubmed/21938093 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.53317 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy
title_full Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy
title_fullStr Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy
title_full_unstemmed Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy
title_short Depression in Acromegaly Treated with Escitalopram and Cognitive Therapy
title_sort depression in acromegaly treated with escitalopram and cognitive therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168082/
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