Nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome and neuroleptic-induced restless legs syndrome.

abstract：:The clock-drawing test (CDT) is used widely to evaluate cognitive disorders, but its role in the assessment of psychotic disorders has not been studied. We sought to examine whether the CDT plays a role as an indicator of psychosis and to establish its sensitivity to clinical improvement of psychosis. The CDT was admi...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Tene O,Sigler M,Shiloh R,Weizman A,Aizenberg D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series describes the development of retrograde ejaculation with the antipsychotic iloperidone. Iloperidone is a relatively new antipsychotic and has a strong α-1 receptor antagonism, which may explain this rare adverse effect. ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Freeman SA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prophylactic treatment with depot antipsychotic drugs was examined in 16 patients with bipolar affective disorder. The frequency and duration of illness episodes occurring during depot treatment was compared to that which occurred when these patients were treated with other agents over a corresponding ti...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： White E,Cheung P,Silverstone T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen young male volunteers received single doses of moclobemide 200 mg, moclobemide 400 mg, amitriptyline 50 mg and placebo in a double-blind crossover study. Subjects then completed a test battery which is sensitive to the effects of psychoactive drugs at 1, 2, and 4 h post-dose. The test battery included tasks of...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Fairweather DB,Kerr JS,Hindmarch I

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The negative symptoms of schizophrenia remain a major clinical challenge. Reboxetine is an antidepressant whose major mechanism of action is as a noradrenergic reuptake inhibitor. This study was a 6-week randomized placebo-controlled trial of reboxetine or placebo add on to haloperidol 5 mg in the treatment of 30 pati...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Schutz G,Berk M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin is a key neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. In recent years its role in the pathophysiology and pharmacology of depression has been extensively investigated. Neuroendocrine studies suggest decreased serotonergic responsivity in patients with major depression. The fact that the majority of patien...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Dinan TG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are still considered as first-line treatment for depression, despite the availability of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). This paper considers the current situation in reverse by assuming that only the SSRIs, in particular fluvoxamine, are available and the TCAs...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ashford JJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical trial programme of sertraline, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor, has shown the drug to have a favourable safety and toleration profile. In contrast, the tricyclic antidepressant, amitriptyline, produced a significant level of side effects, particularly anticholinergic. The side-effect profile of ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Doogan DP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of second generation antipsychotics (SGA) represents a major advance in the treatment of schizophrenia. Concerns about the metabolic and cardiovascular adverse effects of the SGA have been widely disseminated. The benefits and risks of these drugs have been studied with a focus on particular organ sys...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Barak Y,Swartz M,Plopsky I

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to evaluate the efficacy of venlafaxine extended release (ER) on characteristics of resilience, measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data were evaluated from a randomized, 6-month, international, multicenter study of adult outpatients with...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Davidson J,Baldwin DS,Stein DJ,Pedersen R,Ahmed S,Musgnung J,Benattia I,Rothbaum BO

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Agitation" is a term that is used to describe a wide range of dysfunctional behaviours in geriatric populations. The term is so widely used that in many cases it loses clinical meaning and therefore a more restricted use of the term is suggested. When patients with agitation are identified it is important to look for...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ancill RJ,Carlyle WW,Liang RA,Holliday SG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have well-established antidepressant activity and have also demonstrated efficacy in a number of anxiety disorders, including panic disorder. The SSRIs, escitalopram and sertraline, are well-tolerated and movement disorders are rarely associated with their use. We pr...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Altindag A,Yanik M,Asoglu M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical hallucinations (MHs), characterized by the hearing of tunes, melodies, or songs, is a relatively under-recognized phenomenon among elderly individuals with hearing impairment. In some patients, MHs represent a complex psychopathological phenomenon, hallucinatory in content and obsessive-compulsive (OC) in form...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Bergman J,Pashinian A,Weizman A,Poyurovsky M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cardiovascular risk factors have been linked to antipsychotic treatment and cardiovascular mortality is increased in these patients compared to the general population. The full metabolic syndrome (or its components) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disorders. The prevalence of the metabol...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hägg S,Lindblom Y,Mjörndal T,Adolfsson R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic concentrations of antipsychotic drugs in the patient's plasma water or spinal fluid are identical to their blocking potencies in vitro at the dopamine D2 receptor, with the exception of clozapine which acts at D4. The variation in K values between laboratories stems from the fact that the apparent K va...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Seeman P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptics are of established efficacy in mania. Controlled data on the use of olanzapine in mania is however, absent. In this study, 30 patients meeting DSM-IV criteria for mania were randomly allocated to receive either olanzapine or lithium in a 4 week double-blind randomized controlled design. There were no sign...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Berk M,Ichim L,Brook S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term treatment with benzodiazepines (BZD) should be avoided in dementia patients because of an increased risk of adverse events. We evaluated how continuously dementia patients were prescribed BZD over 12 months. For this observational study, we used claims data from a large German public sickness fund for 2014 a...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hessmann P,Jan Zeidler,Neubauer S,Abdel-Hamid M,Stahmeyer J,Eberhard S,Wolff-Menzler C,Wiltfang J,Kis B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DIABCARE Q-Net project developed a complete and integrated information technology system to monitor diabetes care, according to the gold standards of the St Vincent Declaration Action Program. This is the first Telematic platform for standardized documentation on medical quality and evaluation across Europe, which...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Piwernetz K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between a single dose of 20 mg of prazepam and 0.5 g/kg body weight ethanol was investigated in 12 healthy male volunteers by nine objective performance tests, eight visual analogue self-rating scales and measurement of prazepam and ethanol plasma concentrations, using a double-blind three-way crossove...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Girre C,Hirschhorn M,Bertaux L,Palombo S,Fournier PE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxetine has been characterized as a highly potent and selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) reuptake inhibitor. This selectivity has been demonstrated not only for monoamine uptake mechanisms but also for neurotransmitter receptor systems. The pharmacokinetic studies indicate that paroxetine may be administered...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Johnson AM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of encephalopathy developed in the course of amitriptyline therapy, during a remission of unipolar depression. This patient could have been diagnosed as having either neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) or serotonin syndrome (SS). The major determinant of the symptoms may have been dopami...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Miyaoka H,Kamijima K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 101 patients entered a double-blind, parallel-group study in general practice, comparing the efficacy and tolerability of paroxetine and amitriptyline in elderly depressed patients. All patients received placebo for 1 week followed by active therapy for a total of 6 weeks. Medication was randomly allocated,...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hutchinson DR,Tong S,Moon CA,Vince M,Clarke A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory marker associated with obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease. A recent study found CRP levels to be higher in individuals treated with certain antipsychotic medications such as olanzapine; however, it is not clear whether this is associated directly with dr...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kim SH,Reaven G,Lindley S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of moclobemide, 450 mg/day, on sleep were investigated in 12 patients with major depression. The study was carried out over six weeks, divided into three periods: (1) treatment for one week with placebo and measurement to obtain baseline values; (2) treatment with moclobemide for four weeks; and (3) one we...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Minot R,Luthringer R,Macher JP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), such as venalafaxine and paroxetine, are used in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Patients with GAD frequently have comorbid psychiatric disorders, such as depression. SSRIs are effective in the treatment of a variety of anxiety disorders and depression. Citalo...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Varia I,Rauscher F

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative symptoms are a key feature of schizophrenia. Novel (atypical) antipsychotic drugs, unlike conventional antipsychotics, cause substantial reductions in Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS) scores. Negative symptoms, however, can arise from both the pathology of the disease (primary negative symptoms) an...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Möller HJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that dopamine/serotonin (5-HT) imbalance, with relative enhancement of serotonergic activity, might be one of the possible pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neuroleptic-induced akathisia. On the basis of preclinical data, which imply that the partial 5-HT1A agonist buspirone possesses anti...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Poyurovsky M,Weizman A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a severe and potentially life-threatening cutaneous reaction associated with lamotrigine. The incidence of developing Stevens-Johnson syndrome during lamotrigine therapy is low. On the basis of the glutamate and dopamine neuron dysregulation hypothesis in schizophrenia, we propose new strat...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Shen YC,Chen SJ,Lin CC,Chen CH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylamphetamine given intravenously as a single 15 mg dose led to a pronounced elevation of mood in 7 out of 21 depressed patients compared to a control injection of sterile water administered on another occasion in random order under double-blind conditions. All 7 responders experienced an increase of VAS self-rati...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Cookson J,Silverstone T

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of tardive dyskinesia in a consecutive series of 69 patients with bipolar affective disorder admitted to a catchment area service was found to be 19%. Prevalence increased with age and was related to the age of onset of bipolar disorder and number of previous episodes. Patients with tardive dyskinesia w...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hunt N,Silverstone T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00