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Akathisia-like behavior following ECT, and its successful treatment with low-dose mianserin
M Poyurovsky1, A Kosov, E Halperin
1Tirat Carmel Medical Health Center, Haifa, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
International Clinical Psychopharmacology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
The development of akathisia-like behavior during a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a patient with psychotic depression is described. The ECT-induced akathisia responded successfully to mianserin. It seems that the beneficial effect of low-dose mianserin (15 mg/day) is related to its prominent antagonistic activity at the 5-HT2A/5-HT2C receptors.