Management of psychotic and mood disorders in intellectual disability: A case series

People with intellectual disability (ID) have a greater frequency of psychiatric illnesses, ranging from 10% to 80%, as compared to the general population. It has been proven that mood stabilizers are beneficial in the management of behavior issues in people with ID. Here, we report a series of five...

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Autores principales: Singh, Pratishtha, Pooja, V., Khan, Aslam, Javadekar, Archana, Saldanha, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908703
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328823
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Sumario:People with intellectual disability (ID) have a greater frequency of psychiatric illnesses, ranging from 10% to 80%, as compared to the general population. It has been proven that mood stabilizers are beneficial in the management of behavior issues in people with ID. Here, we report a series of five cases with mild and moderate ID with behavioral disturbances including mood and psychotic symptoms managed successfully with sodium valproate as the part of the treatment.

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