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Clomipramine treatment of delusional disorder, somatic type
T Wada1, S Kawakatsu, T Nadaoka
1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Japan.
International Clinical Psychopharmacology
|August 6, 1999
Abstract:
Four patients of delusional disorder, somatic type, were treated with clomipramine 60-120 mg/day. All patients showed marked clinical improvement after 27-57 days of clomipramine treatment. In one case, previous treatments by various antipsychotic drugs including pimozide had been unsuccessful. This report suggests that clomipramine is effective at least for some patients with delusional disorder, somatic type, including pimozide-resistant cases. It is also suggested that there is some association between delusional disorder, somatic type, and serotonergic dysfunction.