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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Case of Post-Partum Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. K. Price ,
G. J. Turnbull ,
R. P. Gregory  and
D. G. Stevens
D. K. Price*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Princess Alexandra Hospital
G. J. Turnbull
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Princess Alexandra Hospital
R. P. Gregory
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Princess Alexandra Hospital
D. G. Stevens
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, RAF Wroughton, Swindon, Wilts
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with a post-partum psychosis developed NMS which proved difficult to diagnose because of the organic features of the presenting illness. Possible contributory factors to the development of NMS included exhaustion, a non-specific viral illness, and rapid loading with haloperidol.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 849 - 852
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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