CASE REPORT Olanzapine as an Add-on Therapy in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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A 48 year old woman was kidnapped, tortured and raped by her former boy-friend and consequently developed posttraumatic stress disorder. A combined SSRI and behaviour therapy showed only limited improvement of the relevant symptoms. On adding olanzapine to the drug regime there was complete remission of all symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)(German J Psychiatry 2007;10:50-52).
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