Case Reports in Psychiatry
Volume 2016, Article ID 9406813, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9406813
Two Sudden and Unexpected Deaths of Patients with Schizophrenia Associated with Intramuscular Injections of Antipsychotics and Practice Guidelines to Limit the Use of High Doses of Intramuscular Antipsychotics
1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40509, USA
2Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, Frankfort, KY 40621, USA
3Eastern State Hospital, University of Kentucky Mental Health Research Center, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
4Psychiatry and Neurosciences Research Group (CTS-549), Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, 18971 Granada, Spain
5Biomedical Research Centre in Mental Health Net (CIBERSAM), Santiago Apóstol Hospital, University of the Basque Country, 01004 Vitoria, Spain
Received 9 May 2016; Accepted 3 July 2016
Academic Editor: Erik Jönsson
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How to Cite this Article
Nasratullah Wahidi, Katie M. Johnson, Allen Brenzel, and Jose de Leon, “Two Sudden and Unexpected Deaths of Patients with Schizophrenia Associated with Intramuscular Injections of Antipsychotics and Practice Guidelines to Limit the Use of High Doses of Intramuscular Antipsychotics,” Case Reports in Psychiatry, vol. 2016, Article ID 9406813, 14 pages, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9406813.