ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1998
Page Count: 2

Serotonin Syndrome in a Prisoner
Harry, B
Fellow and associate professor, Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, MO

Zimmerschied, JA
Fellow and associate professor, Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, MO

(Received 9 April 1997; accepted 13 June 1997)

Abstract

The authors present a case of serotonin syndrome in a prisoner who was transferred to a psychiatric hospital because of increasing psychotic symptoms. They discuss some factors that appear to put some populations at higher risk for such syndromes, and recommend increased vigilance for such problems in those identified populations.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic psychiatry, serotonin, SSRI, adverse reaction, prisoners, managed care

Paper ID: JFS16116J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS16116J
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