A neuroleptic malignant syndrome case with haloperidol depot

The development of depot antipsychotics are facilitated incompatible patient's treatment process for in terms of chronic disease course. One of the disadvantages of depot antipsychotics, having various advantages and disadvantages, neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) rate is higher than the oral form. NMS, rare but can be fatal, is an idiosyncratic reaction characterized by confusion, hyperthermia, autonomic dysfunction, muscle rigidity after use of neuroleptics. In this case, a schizophrenia patient used to haloperidol depot, named Haldol Decanoate in abroad used since 1986 (Europe, US) but recently introduced in Turkey, with NMS was reported

Impulsivity in bipolar and substance use disorders

Conclusions: Our results replicate the findings that interepisode BD and substance use disorder patients both have increased total impulsivity; furthermore, the findings also indicate that trait impulsivity is not completely the same in subscales. Both groups were similar on attention and motor impulsivity subscales; however, on the nonplanning subscale, BD patients were more impulsive than the substance use disorder patients. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved