Verapamil in Major (Psychotic) Depression
- 2 January 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 158 (1) , 124-125
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.158.1.124
Abstract
Dramatic response of major (psychotic) depression to verapamil in an 82-year-old woman suggests that further study of the use of the drug in affective disorders is required, particularly in the light of a possible aetiological role for calcium.Keywords
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