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How do you manage acute agitation or psychosis in patients who are already taking aripiprazole (oral or long-acting injectable)?

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Psychiatry · Franciscan Health Systems

Episodes of acute agitation are considered a psychiatric emergency, and considering treatment with dual antipsychotics (which will only be temporary) should have lower threshold of consideration. Dual antipsychotic treatment is controversial but there are promising results as well however:

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