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Depression with psychotic features in a child with SLE: successful therapy with psychotropic medications—case report

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic, autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, which affects multiple organ systems, including the central nervous system (CNS). Neuropsychiatric manifestations are seen in 13–75 % of all SLE patients, with equal frequency in children and adults. Despite a high prevalence of psychiatric manifestations, there is no consensus on the proper treatment of such cases. We report here a case of an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with a severe depressive episode with psychotic features, treated successfully with risperidone and sertraline as an adjunct to immunosuppressive therapy.

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    Milica Pejovic Milovancevic, Vladimir Miletic, Smiljka Popovic Deusic, Saveta Draganic Gajic & Dusica Lecic Tosevski

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Milovancevic, M.P., Miletic, V., Deusic, S.P. et al. Depression with psychotic features in a child with SLE: successful therapy with psychotropic medications—case report. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 22, 247–250 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-012-0330-5

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