Mr. A was a 44-year-old man with a 17-year history of a schizoaffective disorder, depressive type (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition). He was a forensic patient hospitalized from 1998 to 2008. Until February 2010, he was on conditional release with the requirement of visiting an outpatient clinic once a month. He was prescribed haloperidol 10 mg/ day, diazepam 20 mg/day, amitripty-line 100 mg/day, biperiden 6 mg/day, levomepromazine 100 mg/day, and haloperidol decanoate 100 mg/every 4 weeks. That treatment regimen was stable for more than 5 years.
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