Kuldeep Singh Yadav

Validity of Screening Questionnaire for Detection of Psychiatric Manifestations in Chronic Dermatoses

1Senior Resident, 2Ex-Assistant Professor, 3Postgraduate Resident, 4Professor, 5Ex-Clinical Psychologist, 6Professor and Head 1Department of Psychiatry, Sawai Man Singh Medical College Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 2-5Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 6Department of Dermatology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Deep vein thrombosis associated with long-term use of risperidone

There are increasing number of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cases that are associated with the use of atypical antipsychotics. We are presenting a case report of a female patient who suffered from DVT. She was a known case of schizophrenia and was on risperidone 4 mg for the last 5 years. She had good physical health before that and there were no known risk factors for DVT. The family history of DVT was also found to be negative. She was managed by intravenous heparin followed by oral warfarin and amisulpride 100 mg/day. Atypical antipsychotics can induce DVT, and psychiatrist should be careful about it.