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Suggest Management Of A Mentally Challenged Person With Violent And Perverted Tendencies

Dear Sir, I have a 29 yr old brother , who is deaf, dumb & mentally retarded .He has attened deaf and dumb school till 4th std. As age advanced , he has become very aggressive violent and more demanding( manhandles parents if demands not met). He also shows features of transvestism and OCD and become sexually perverted ( watches obscene movies etc on tv, touches females, gazes females, wants to marry ).he has been on treatment olanzapine 10 mg hs, fluoxetine 60 mg od, tab nitrazepam 5 mg hs ,but with no improvement. Kindly advice regarding his problems and please suggest any good rehabilitation centre in Karnataka ….thanking you.
Fri, 10 Oct 2014
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I suggest you to double the dose of olanzapine as his behaviour has not improved with earlier dose.
You can consult at NIMHANS for rehabilitation purposes.
Thanks.
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Suggest Management Of A Mentally Challenged Person With Violent And Perverted Tendencies

I suggest you to double the dose of olanzapine as his behaviour has not improved with earlier dose. You can consult at NIMHANS for rehabilitation purposes. Thanks.