Rapid, psychopharmacologically induced improvement can produce new psychological symptoms.
The advent of improved diagnostic criteria, coupled with a refined psychotropic armamentarium, can now produce rapid clinical improvements in clinical psychiatric conditions for which both patients and therapist may be unprepared. The following case report illustrates this problem which will become increasingly important in the practice of psychiatry as further improvements in psychopharmacological therapy occurs.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010624:Phenelzine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D010624:Phenelzine