Successful Treatment of Delusional Disorder, Persecutory Type with Lurasidone: A Case Report

Delusional disorder is an uncommon psychotic disorder whose treatment relies heavily on case reports and case series due to the lack of scientific data and clinical guidelines available. Pharmacotherapy with antipsychotics is generally favored as the most effective method of treatment, with secondgeneration antipsychotics being preferred for their more benign side-effect profile. Lurasidone is a newer second-generation antipsychotic that has a favorable metabolic profile as well as antidepressant and precognitive effects. The case presented is the first report of a patient with delusional disorder who was successfully treated with lurasidone.