Effectiveness of lorazepam-assisted interviews in an adolescent with dissociative amnesia: A case report

To facilitate gathering information during a psychiatric interview, some psychiatrists advocate augmenting the interview using drugs. Rather than barbiturates, benzodiazepines have been used for drug-assisted interviews. Dissociative amnesia is one of the indications for these interviews. Herein, we...

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Autores principales: Seo, Yuna, Shin, Mi-Hee, Kim, Sung-Gon, Kim, Ji-Hoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Research and Report Article: Basic Research in Neural Regeneration
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25206490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.02.012
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Sumario:To facilitate gathering information during a psychiatric interview, some psychiatrists advocate augmenting the interview using drugs. Rather than barbiturates, benzodiazepines have been used for drug-assisted interviews. Dissociative amnesia is one of the indications for these interviews. Herein, we present the case of a 15-year-old female who was diagnosed as having dissociative amnesia because of conflicts with her friends. She was administered a lorazepam-assisted interview to aid recovery of her memories. In this case, a small dose of lorazepam was sufficient to recover her memories without any adverse effects.

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