@article{ref1,
title="Escitalopram-induced severe akathisia leading to suicide attempt",
journal="Industrial psychiatry journal",
year="2019",
author="Pratap, Alok and Akhtar, Sayeed and Sinha, Prakriti and Bakhla, Ajay Kumar",
volume="28",
number="2",
pages="315-317",
abstract="Akathisia, a distressing adverse reaction, is usually underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed in patients, who are treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Escitalopram-induced akathisia is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of severe akathisia leading to a suicide attempt in a 25-year-old male induced by 5 mg of escitalopram, that remitted completely after discontinuation of escitalopram and did not reappear later. Patient and their caretakers should be warned of symptoms of akathisia even when a very low dose of SSRI is prescribed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0972-6748",
doi="10.4103/ipj.ipj_72_15",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_72_15"
}