Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification of the Disorder and Management of Psychiatric Symptoms

Anique Forrester; Samantha Latorre; Pamela K. O'Dea; Charles Robinson; Eric Luria Goldwaser; Adam Trenton; Anthony Tobia; Rehan Aziz; Survandita Dhawan; Andrew Brennan; Mohan Kurukumbi; Yu Dong; David R. Benavides; Ada Ibe Offurum

doi:10.1016/j.psym.2020.04.017

Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification of the Disorder and Management of Psychiatric Symptoms

Anique Forrester, Samantha Latorre, Pamela K. O'Dea, Charles Robinson, Eric Luria Goldwaser, Adam Trenton, Anthony Tobia, Rehan Aziz, Survandita Dhawan, Andrew Brennan, Mohan Kurukumbi, Yu Dong, David R. Benavides, Ada Ibe Offurum

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Psychiatry

Rutgers, The State University

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Abstract

Background: The novelty of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, for which somatic treatments have only recently been developed, has led to a lack of information on assessment and treatment of its variable behavioral manifestations. Method: In this article, we discuss 4 challenging cases of anti-NMDAR encephalitis, focusing on the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to identification and management of the disorder and the necessity of close collaboration in the acute hospital setting for management of the behavioral symptoms. Conclusion: The cases we discuss highlight some of the medication and nonpharmacologic treatment strategies that may facilitate management of psychiatric symptoms, both while the medical workup is ongoing and after the diagnosis has been confirmed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	456-466
Number of pages	11
Journal	Psychosomatics
Volume	61
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psym.2020.04.017
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

anti-NMDAR
collaborative
encephalitis
multidisciplinary
psychiatric

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Forrester, A., Latorre, S., O'Dea, P. K., Robinson, C., Goldwaser, E. L., Trenton, A., Tobia, A., Aziz, R., Dhawan, S., Brennan, A., Kurukumbi, M., Dong, Y., Benavides, D. R., & Offurum, A. I. (2020). Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification of the Disorder and Management of Psychiatric Symptoms. Psychosomatics, 61(5), 456-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psym.2020.04.017

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