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Chapter-14 Application of Anticonvulsants and Antihistaminics in Psychiatry

BOOK TITLE: Psychiatric Drug Handbook

Author
1. Chowdhury Lopamudra (Dhar)
2. Singh Om Prakash
ISBN
9789352703159
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14248_15
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
3
Author Affiliations
1. Murshidabad Medical College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
2. NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Chapter keywords
Anticonvulsants, antihistaminics, neuroleptic induced Parkinsonism, neuroleptic induced acute dystonia, hypnotic, anxiolytic, anorexia nervosa

Abstract

This chapter discusses application of anticonvulsants and antihistaminics in psychiatry. In 1950 phenytoin was found to be effective in mania as because it was found that kindling phenomenon of limbic area seizures probably had a role in development of psychosis or psychiatric symptoms. Indications of use in psychiatry are neuroleptic induced Parkinsonism, neuroleptic induced acute dystonia, as hypnotic, as anxiolytic, and anorexia nervosa. Other anticonvulsants like oxcarbazepine, ethosuximide may have a role in bipolar disorders and other psychiatric disorders but their use as monotherapy has not been justified.

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