2001
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18031
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Treatment of Pathological Crying with Citalopram

Abstract: Pathological laughing and/or crying may occur as a concomitant symptom of various diseases of the central nervous system. No known anatomical basis for any of these disorders exists at present. However, references to a disturbance in central serotoninergic neurotransmission have become frequent in the literature, implicating this as an important etiological factor. In the present communication three cases of successful treatment of pathological crying using the SSRI citalopram are reported. Besides the respons… Show more

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“…In another case-report, citalopram (10 mg p.o. id) effectively treated pathological crying in a 66-year-old PD patient [142]. Citalopram (20 mg p.o.…”
Section: Sert Inhibitorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In another case-report, citalopram (10 mg p.o. id) effectively treated pathological crying in a 66-year-old PD patient [142]. Citalopram (20 mg p.o.…”
Section: Sert Inhibitorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are case reports or series, and a small crossover, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial showing the effectiveness of citalopram. [139][140][141][142] Sertraline has been shown to be effective for treatment in a case report and case series, and in double-blind, randomized, placebocontrolled trials. [143][144][145] Case series and small open-label trials have supported the effectiveness of fluoxetine, paroxetine, and fluvoxamine.…”
Section: Characterization and Diagnosismentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Patologias encefálicas diversas, em variadas localizações anatômicas, podem cursar com a desregulação afetiva vista no IEED, como a esclerose lateral amiotrófica (McCullagh et al, 1999;Cummings et al, 2006), a esclerose múltipla (Feinstein et al, 1997(Feinstein et al, , 1999Cummings et al, 2006), os acidentes vasculares encefálicos (Morris et al, 1993;Andersen et al, 1994), os traumatismos cranioencefá-licos (Zeilig et al, 1996), os tumores cerebrais, as demências (Starkstein et al, 1995), a doença de Parkinson (Kaschka et al, 2001), a doença de Alzheimer (Lopez et al, 1996), entre outras. Apesar de os sintomas do IEED serem conhecidos há mais de um século, os mecanismos fisiopatológicos específicos envolvidos nesse transtorno ainda não estão bem esclarecidos.…”
Section: Fisiopatologiaunclassified