Kamalika Roy, MD

Pharmacologic approaches and behavioral and psychological interventions such as mindfulness, relaxation, and CBT can mitigate dyspnea and associated anxiety.

ECT can be lifesaving for critically ill individuals with severe psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions; however, cardiac monitoring is essential.

This review and case series of 7 patients highlights the variable presentations of autoimmune encephalitis in order to help physicians better recognize it in patients with mixed neuropsychiatric symptoms.