Case report: Lamotrigine/fluoxetine combination in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior

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Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volume 31, Issue 6, 15 August 2007, Pages 1337-1338

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Letter to the Editor (Case report)Case report: Lamotrigine/fluoxetine combination in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior

Antidepressant-associated mania in a patient with social anxiety disorder

Ann Gen Hosp Psych

Compulsive sexual behavior: a review

J Pract Psychiatry Behav Health

Drug-induced behavioural disinhibition: incidence, mechanisms and therapeutic implications

CNS Drugs

Safety and tolerability of lamotrigine for bipolar disorder

Drug Saf

Letter to the Editor (Case report)
Case report: Lamotrigine/fluoxetine combination in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior