CASE-STUDY - ANTIMANIC EFFECTIVENESS OF DEXTROAMPHETAMINE IN A BRAIN-INJURED ADOLESCENT

Authors
MAX JE RICHARDS L HAMDANALLEN G
Citation
Je. Max et al., CASE-STUDY - ANTIMANIC EFFECTIVENESS OF DEXTROAMPHETAMINE IN A BRAIN-INJURED ADOLESCENT, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(4), 1995, pp. 472-476
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
08908567
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
472 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-8567(1995)34:4<472:C-AEOD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A relatively enduring and counterintuitive antimanic response to dextr oamphetamine in a brain-injured adolescent who had failed trials invol ving divalproex, lithium, haloperidol, and carbamazepine is described. This finding combined with data from previous reports of antimanic ef fects of test doses of stimulants imply that such a pharmacological pr obe may prove relevant for the prediction of treatment response of man ia to dextroamphetamine and perhaps for subclassification of bipolar d isorder.