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Case Reports
. 2007 Winter;19(1):81-3.
doi: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.1.81.

Treatment of apathy with methylphenidate

Prasad R Padala  1 , William J Burke, Subhash C Bhatia, Frederick Petty
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Treatment of apathy with methylphenidate

Prasad R Padala et al. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007 Winter.

Abstract

Apathy is a common condition that transcends psychiatric diagnoses. Its treatment is not well studied. The authors present four cases of apathy treated with a regimen of methylphenidate. Significant improvement in apathy and its sub-domains (motivation, novelty, and persistence) were noted.

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