Escitalopram in treatment of antiandrogen-related mood disturbance in a patient with chronic schizophrenia and adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Few studies have been conducted on depression in patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Here, we report a case of depression, induced by androgen deprivation therapy, and treated with escitalopram in a chronic schizophrenia patient.

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - April 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lien-Cheng Kao, Li-Fen Chen, Yi-Chien Hsu, Wei-Chen Chuang, Hsing-Lung Chao, Hsin-An Chang, Yu-Chen Kao, Tien-Yu Chen, Nian-Sheng Tzeng Source Type: research