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Trazodone-Induced Transient Hypomanic Symptoms and their Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Jabeen  and
C. J. Fisher
S. Jabeen*
Affiliation:
MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE
C. J. Fisher
Affiliation:
County Hospital, Durham
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Transient trazodone-induced hypomanic symptoms occurred in three depressed patients. Trazodone therapy was continued or reinstated shortly after the hypomanic episode without further evidence of hypomania.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 275 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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