Psychiatria pre prax 5/2009
Therapy of agitation in psychiatric disorders caused by psychoactive drugs
The article deals with a few selected topics from the range of the addictive disorders, in which the symptom of acute agitation occurs in any phase of abuse. We emphasize the typical characteristics of the states and we describe the basic algorithms of the treatment in reference to both the guidelines and our own experience. The most frequent psychiatric and somatic complications are mentioned.
Keywords: agitation, psychoactive drugs, intoxication, withdrawal syndrome, psychotic disorder, therapy
