Abstract

A clinical case is presented in which the use of a prescribed psychotropic medication was associated with dramatic changes in ethnoculturally determined attitudes and behavior. These changes were first noticed by the patient and followed a month of improvement in the target symptoms for which the medication was prescribed. The hypothesis is advanced that changes in identity may occur only after the establishment and adjustment to a new neurohormonal equilibrium. Medication-induced personality changes may facilitate changes in ethnocultural identity.

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