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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 50-51 |
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Depression in acromegaly treated with escitalopram and cognitive therapy
Avinash De Sousa
Consultant Psychiatrist, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Avinash De Sousa
18, St. Francis Avenue, Wilingdon Colony, Off S.V. Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai-400 054, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.53317
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Depression is one of the commonest disorders encountered in general hospital psychiatry. Acromegaly is a condition with excessive growth hormone secretion that may at times present with oversychopathology. We present the case of a 33-year-old lady with depression and acromegaly that successfully resolved after treatment with escitalopram and cognitive therapy. |
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