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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Psychotic Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adityanjee*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
P. Das
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
H. M. Chawla
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
*
Registrar in Psychiatry, The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ

Abstract

A typical case of NMS and its successful treatment with bromocriptine is described. The authors noticed an inverse relationship between the process of recovery from NMS and the pre-existing psychotic illness.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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