How to evaluate suspected medication-induced hair loss (alopecia)

Some psychotropic medications can be associated with excessive hair loss (alopecia). The most important ones of these are: – Mood stabilizers: divalproex, lithium, carbamazepine – Antidepressants: SSRIs But, many other psychotropic medications can be associated with hair loss in rare cases and I won’t even try to list all of them here. We should not…