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Verapamil in Major (Psychotic) Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Raymond M. Jacques  and
Stephen J. Cox
Raymond M. Jacques*
Affiliation:
Mossley Hill Hospital, Park Avenue, Liverpool L18 8BU
Stephen J. Cox
Affiliation:
Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L78XP
*
∗Correspondence
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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.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1991), 158, 124–125

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 124 - 125
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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