Tempei Otsubo
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Relapse of panic disorder induced by a single intravenous methamphetamine injection.
Journal Formal name:Journal of anxiety disorders
Abbreviation:J Anxiety Disord
ISSN code:08876185/08876185
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 11(1),pp.113-6
Author and coauthor Iwanami A, Kuwakado D, Otsubo T, Ishono H, Kamijima K
Publication date 1997
Summary The authors reports a case of a 33-year-old woman who had a relapse and worsening of panic disorder following a single injection of methamphetamine after a long period of remission. Her first panic attack had occurred when she was a 14-year-old high school student, but the course had persisted only for 1 month. Soon after an intravenous injection of methamphetamine, she had a relapse of panic disorder, and depression and agoraphobia developed. Psychotropic medication was not fully effective.
DOI 10.1016/s0887-6185(96)00038-2
PMID 9131885