Paradoxical effects of amitriptyline on borderline patients
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 143 (12) , 1603-1605
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.12.1603
Abstract
A paradoxical increase in suicide threats, paranoid ideation, and demanding and assaultive behavior occurred among 15 borderline inpatients receiving amitriptyline in a double-blind study. This pattern differed significantly from that of 14 nonresponding patients receiving placebo.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: