
Case 128: Joan Vollmer
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A Brief History of a Psychiatric Crisis
Within two years of moving to Antwerp, Joan began exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis. Ralph suspected that dark forces were responsible for his wife's changes in behavior. She was diagnosed with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and hypomania. Doctors prescribed an anti-psychotic medication called dio-ridazine which was then commonly used to treat schizophrenia.
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