General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 559.e11-559.e13, September 2010

A case of schizophrenia with dysphagia successfully treated by a multidimensional approach

Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 5 December 2009; accepted 26 January 2010. published online 17 March 2010.

Abstract 

Dysphagia in patients with psychiatric illnesses contributes to morbidities and mortalities. It is, however, an overlooked problem in clinical practice. We report a patient of schizophrenia with dysphagia who was successfully treated using a multidimensional approach, which included medication adjustment, swallowing training and diet modification.

Keywords: Schizophrenia, Amantadine, Baclofen, Dysphagia, Psychiatric

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PII: S0163-8343(10)00013-7

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.012

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 559.e11-559.e13, September 2010

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