TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Antitubercular drug-induced violent suicide of a hospitalised patient
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Behera, C.
A1  - Krishna, Karthik
A1  - Singh, H. R.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - 2014
IS  - ePub
N2  - We present a case where a young adult male, on treatment for multidrug-resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB), developed drug-induced psychosis. The psychiatric symptoms were ascribed to the anti-TB drug and were duly withdrawn by the treating doctors and supplemented with other drugs. However, the victim continued to have psychiatric symptoms and committed suicide in the hospital. He ended his life in a violent manner by stabbing and cutting himself with a kitchen knife. The case is briefly reported in this paper with a discussion on anti-TB drug-induced psychiatric effects leading to suicide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-201469
ID  - ref1
ER  -