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- Title
The Management of Long-Term Psychiatric Sequelae in a Young Woman Who Suffered From Suspected Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis.
- Authors
Fusar-Poli, Laura; Gabbiadini, Alberto; Battaglia, Giulia; Signorelli, Maria Salvina; Aguglia, Eugenio
- Abstract
We report the case of a 23-year-old woman who presented to our Psychiatry Unit with a complex psychiatric symptomatology, 6 years after suffering from a form of encephalopathy which was retrospectively and hypothetically labeled as autoimmune limbic encephalitis. Over the years, several psychopharmacological therapies had been initiated, but none of them led to substantial remission of symptomatology. During the first visit, symptoms were characterized by dysphoric mood with suicidal ideation, anxiety, delusional thoughts. Self-harm and psychogenic seizures with daily frequency were also reported. A therapy with slow-release lithium sulfate, lurasidone, and lorazepam was prescribed. After 6 months of treatment, psychopathological manifestations significantly improved.
- Subjects
ENCEPHALITIS; LITHIUM compounds; LIMBIC system; LORAZEPAM; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE complications; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry, 2020, Vol 11, p1
- ISSN
1179-5573
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179557320962520