Improvements in stable patients with psychotic disorders switched from oral conventional antipsychotics therapy to long-acting risperidone.

abstract：:The interaction between plasma concentrations of the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline and the metabolism of the new antipsychotic risperidone was studied in 12 patients with chronic schizophrenia. Each patient received 3 mg risperidone twice a day for 28 days. Amitriptyline was coadministered at doses of 50 mg/d...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Sommers DK,Snyman JR,van Wyk M,Blom MW,Huang ML,Levron JC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clozapine therapy does not produce the rapid response that may be required in severely disturbed patients. The latter, not uncommonly, obstruct treatment by refusing to give blood for haematological monitoring or refusing to swallow tablets. Whereas electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be used for rapid behavioural con...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： James DV,Gray NS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small studies have shown positive effects from adding a variety of antipsychotic agents in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who are unresponsive to treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The evidence, however, is contradictory. This paper reports a meta-analysis of existing double-blind randomized pl...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Fineberg NA,Stein DJ,Premkumar P,Carey P,Sivakumaran T,Vythilingum B,Seedat S,Westenberg H,Denys D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome secondary to neuroleptic-induced restless legs syndrome (RLS) occurred under treatment with low-dose haloperidol in a 51-year-old female schizophrenic patient. Polysomnographic investigation showed a low level of sleep efficacy, periodic leg movements, and a strict relationship betwe...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Horiguchi J,Yamashita H,Mizuno S,Kuramoto Y,Kagaya A,Yamawaki S,Inami Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and sixty patients with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder were enrolled in a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluvoxamine. After a placebo washout phase, patients were randomized to treatment with placebo or fluvoxamine (100-300 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Sev...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Goodman WK,Kozak MJ,Liebowitz M,White KL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vilazodone is a potent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and serotonin 1A receptor partial agonist approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults. To assess the efficacy of vilazodone across a range of symptoms and severities of depression, data from two phase III, 8-week, randomized, double-bl...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Khan A,Sambunaris A,Edwards J,Ruth A,Robinson DS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one delirious patients who received risperidone treatment and 36 who received haloperidol treatment were retrospectively analysed. Ten-point visual analog scales (scored 0 for none to 10 for extremely severe) for hyperactive and hypoactive syndromes of delirium were used for efficacy evaluation. Psychiatrists sc...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Liu CY,Juang YY,Liang HY,Lin NC,Yeh EK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 30 years, lithium has been the drug of choice for the treatment of bipolar disorder. However, it has numerous adverse effects, a relatively slow onset of action, many common drug-drug interactions, and a narrow therapeutic index. Because of these problems, researchers looked for alternative and/or adjunc...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lennkh C,Simhandl C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of depressed patients with a fixed dose of amitriptyline is compared to treatment with an individualized dose calculated by means of a simple pharmacokinetic test. Clinical response and the development of side-effects are compared between the two groups of patients. Although the numbers in the groups wer...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Roy D,Dawling S

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty healthy subjects 12 males and 18 females were given the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor pyridostigmine (120 mg) orally. The growth hormone (GH) response was measured as the maximum GH level post-pyridostigmine relative to baseline. Twenty-six subjects increased their GH level in response to pyridostigmine. Respo...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lucey JV,O'Keane V,O'Flynn K,Clare AW,Dinan TG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is frequently treated with antidepressant medications, especially the newer selective serotonergic antidepressants which have documented efficacy in PTSD. Analogous to depression, however, some PTSD patients may not have a satisfactory response to these agents. This case report de...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hamner MB,Frueh BC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this post-hoc analysis was to evaluate the effect of short-term treatment with desvenlafaxine versus placebo on sexual dysfunction (SD), assessed from Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale scores, in adult outpatients with major depressive disorder. Data from three randomized, double-blind, placebo...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Clayton AH,Hwang E,Kornstein SG,Tourian KA,Cheng RF,Abraham L,Mele L,Boucher M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of compounds having an effect on serotonergic transmission have been shown to have a beneficial therapeutic action in patients with bulimia nervosa. Many previous studies, however, have suffered from methodological shortcomings, in particular small population sizes. This article reviews present data which sug...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Wood A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), citalopram and fluoxetine, both at a daily dose of 20 mg, were compared in patients with unipolar major depression treated in general practice. This was a multicentre, double-blind, randomized trial carried out in France. The duration of treatment was 8 weeks. Patie...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Patris M,Bouchard JM,Bougerol T,Charbonnier JF,Chevalier JF,Clerc G,Cyran C,Van Amerongen P,Lemming O,Høpfner Petersen HE

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Levomilnacipran (1S, 2R-milnacipran) is a potent and selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor that is Food and Drug Administration approved for once-daily treatment of major depressive disorder in adults. Secondary and post-hoc analyses were carried out on data from a positive 10-week, randomized, dou...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Montgomery SA,Mansuy L,Ruth AC,Li D,Gommoll C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amisulpride is a novel antipsychotic with a pharmacological and clinical profile that differs from that of other atypical agents. Amisulpride is highly selective for dopamine D2/D3 receptor subtypes located in the limbic region, which is highly predictive of potent antipsychotic activity with a low potential to cause ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lecrubier Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of parental training (PT), methylphenidate treatment (MPH), and the combination of PT and MPH treatment (PT/MPH) on school achievements in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Twenty eight ADHD patients (age: 10.1±1.11 years) were divided into thr...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Golubchik P,Hamerman H,Manor I,Peskin M,Weizman A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of 2096 consecutive primary care patients recruited in the Paris region, social phobia was a highly prevalent disorder (5.1%). The most frequent comorbid condition was depressive episode, which affected 70% of patients with social phobia of early onset (at less than 15 years of age), while the highest asso...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lecrubier Y,Weiller E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis characterizes patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder treated with risperidone who met remission criteria. In a 50-week, open-label trial, stable patients received long-acting injectable risperidone every 2 weeks. Remission criteria included severity (absent-mild ratings on core symptoms ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Docherty JP,Bossie CA,Lachaux B,Bouhours P,Zhu Y,Lasser R,Gharabawi GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has emerged as a common but frequently hidden psychiatric disorder which inflicts an intolerable burden on sufferers and demands effective management. For many years, however, OCD was considered treatment resistant and it is only in the past 15 years that effective therapy has becom...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Fineberg N

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the efficacy of pregabalin augmentation of antidepressant treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nine patients meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition criteria for PTSD who were on stable doses of antidepressants were treated open label with flexibly dos...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Pae CU,Marks DM,Han C,Masand PS,Patkar AA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new short-acting thieno-diazepine compound, brotizolam, has been compared to nitrazepam in a double-blind trial. Following an initial 3-day control period with no treatment, insomniac patients were allocated to 2 weeks treatment with one or the other drug according to random selection. This was then followed by a fu...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Wheatley D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatments given to patients with primary psychotic disorders include mood stabilizers (MSs) combined with other psychotropics, despite the limited evidence of efficacy, safety, and lack of regulatory approval. We analyzed records of 636 inpatients at the McLean Hospital (2002-2009), who were diagnosed with bipolar di...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ventriglio A,Vincenti A,Centorrino F,Talamo A,Fitzmaurice G,Baldessarini RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the limitations in efficacy and safety of the older tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) a number of new approaches have been made in recent years to the treatment of depression to obtain more effective, more rapidly acting, better tolerated and safer drugs. One tactic has...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Silverstone T

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most antidepressants in clinical use are believed to function by enhancing neurotransmission of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] and/or norepinephrine (NE) via inhibition of neurotransmitter reuptake. Agents that affect reuptake of both 5-HT and NE (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) have been postula...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Trivedi MH,Desaiah D,Ossanna MJ,Pritchett YL,Brannan SK,Detke MJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:It has been suggested that the atypical antipsychotic drugs may induce a rapid improvement in individuals with melancholic depression. This might reflect a specific or non-specific effect on mood and other parameters. To examine this issue, ten consecutive patients, for whom olanzapine augmentation was judged a clinic...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Parker G

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:Depression is a widespread and serious disorder inflicting an immeasurable toll on the lives of millions of people and affecting their families and colleagues. It is the cause of countless suicides especially in those whose illness has not been detected or given appropriate care. Until recently, effective pharmacother...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Casey DE

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00