Risperidone Treatment of Organic Delusional Disorder in Elderly Patient.
- Author:
Chul Eung KIM
1
;
Sang Eun SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Kroea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Organic delusional disorder;
Side effects;
Risperidone
- MeSH:
Aged*;
Antipsychotic Agents;
Delusions*;
Humans;
Male;
Movement Disorders;
Risperidone*;
Schizophrenia, Paranoid*
- From:Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
1997;8(1):155-157
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Conventional neuroleptic treatment of organic delusional disorder can induce many serious side effects including extrapyramidal symptoms, sedation and tardive dyskinesia, especially in elderly patients. Risperidone is an atypical neuroleptics that is lack of severe extrapyramidal symptoms. This 68-year-old male case demonstrated that elderly patients with organic delusional disorder could be treated with risperidone without serious side effects.
