Pharmacopsychiatry 2008; 41(4): 156-158
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1062699
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Case Report: Excellent Response to Long-Term Higher Dose Single Olanzapine in a Case of Recurrent Brief Depression

J. M. De la Fuente 1
  • 1Lannemezan Psychiatric Hospital, Lannemezan, France
Further Information

Publication History

received 20.08.2007 revised 28.12.2007

accepted 14.01.2008

Publication Date:
23 July 2008 (online)

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Abbreviations

ACTH

adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotropin

BPD

borderline personality disorder

DIB

diagnostic interview for borderlines

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

HDRS-17

Hamilton depression rating scale of 17 items

ICD

international classification of diseases

MD

major depression

OLZ

olanzapine

RBD

recurrent brief depression

SADS-L

the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia, lifetime version

T3

triiodothyronine

T4

tetraiodothyronine, thyroxine

TSH

thyroid-stimulating hormone

References

Correspondence

J. M. De la FuenteMD, PhD 

Lannemezan Psychiatric Hospital

Route de Toulouse

65300 Lannemezan

France

Phone: +33/5/6299 55 25

Fax: +33/5/6299 53 05

Email: jdlf@ch-lannemezan.fr