Three case reports of acute paroxysmal excitement associated with alprazolam treatment



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Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:859-861
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association

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Three case reports of acute paroxysmal excitement associated with alprazolam treatment

A Strahan, J Rosenthal, M Kaswan and A Winston

Three patients receiving alprazolam developed, within days after beginning treatment, acute excitatory states with features more suggestive of mania than of disinhibition syndrome. The authors suggest a neurochemical link between mania and disinhibitory states.

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