Prophylactic efficacy of lithium, valproic acid, and carbamazepine in the maintenance phase of bipolar disorder: a naturalistic study.

abstract：:Out of ten consecutive patients with DSM-III-R obsessive-compulsive disorder without any previous history of bipolarity, three patients showed antidepressant-induced hypomania (clomipramine, one patient; fluvoxamine, two patients) within the first 5 to 8 weeks of the drug treatment. These data support the previous res...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rihmer Z,Barsi J,Belsõ N,Pestality P,György S

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery that clomipramine was effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trials of several different medications for OCD have been published. The question of which agent, if any, is the medication of choice in OCD is of real clinical concern. Published clinical trials were collected...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Stein DJ,Spadaccini E,Hollander E

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:While the incidence and psychiatric correlates of violent trauma among children and adolescents have been well documented, there is less data on the specific ways in which girls are affected by violence. The present review examines current knowledge of the prevalence and effects of violent trauma on female children an...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kaminer D,Seedat S,Lockhat R,Stein DJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of aripiprazole use in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients. This was a naturalistic, retrospective evaluation of the discharged patients treated with aripiprazole on the child and adolescent unit at the Austin State Hospital. To be ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Gibson AP,Crismon ML,Mican LM,Fischer C

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：: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：:In recent years the efficacy of new antipsychotics has been investigated through a number of randomized controlled trials. This paper considers some methodological flaws that affect these studies and proposes possible solutions. The final goal is the implementation of a new generation of trials with the aim of demonst...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Barbui C,Garattini S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently proposed criteria for remission by a 'Remission in Schizophrenia Working Group' have generated considerable interest. We assessed rates, predictors, and correlates of remission in a sample of patients with first-episode schizophrenia treated with injectable, long-acting risperidone. This allowed us to examine...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Emsley R,Oosthuizen P,Koen L,Niehaus DJ,Medori R,Rabinowitz J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to construct and assess the psychometric properties of the My Medicines and Me Questionnaire (M3Q), a self-report side-effect questionnaire for mental health patients. Thirty individuals taking a psychotropic medication completed the M3Q side-effect checklist along with the Liverpool University Neuroleptic Si...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ashoorian DM,Davidson RM,Rock DJ,Dragovic M,Clifford RM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The side effects of antipsychotic drugs have always been a major concern for clinicians and the appreciation of their importance in the treatment of schizophrenia has increased steadily over the years. Epidemiological studies as well as trials of the prevention and treatment of antipsychotic side effects are the conse...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Whitworth AB,Fleischhacker WW

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：:Depression compromises affected individuals' functional well-being and impairs their level of social and workplace performance. Improved social functioning in depressed patients may improve their work productivity. This study evaluated the differential effects of two antidepressants on social functioning outcomes for ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Venditti LN,Arcelus A,Birnbaum H,Greenberg P,Barr CE,Rowland C,Williamson T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social phobia was neglected by psychopharmacologically oriented researchers until the past decade. Benefitting from the experience with other anxiety and other affective disorders, however, and also from unique interdisciplinary collaborative arrangements between psychopharmacological and cognitive behavioral investig...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Liebowitz MR,Heimberg RG

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zopiclone, a cyclopyrrolone with hypnotic properties was compared with temazepam and placebo in the treatment of insomnia. After a week's washout period, suitable subjects were allocated at random to zopiclone 7.5 mg or temazepam 20 mg or placebo for 2 weeks. Measurements of psychomotor function using the Leed's psych...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ngen CC,Hassan R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on humans show that depressive disorder is associated with an increased risk of developing cognitive dysfunction, and animal studies suggest that antidepressants may have neuroprotective abilities. On the basis of these observations, it was hypothesized that treatment with antidepressants may decrease the risk...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kessing LV,Forman JL,Andersen PK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to systematically compare overall loss to follow-up, discontinuation rates because of adverse events and discontinuation rates because of a lack of efficacy in published studies assessing the efficacy and tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) compared to other second-g...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Gartlehner G,Hansen RA,Carey TS,Lohr KN,Gaynes BN,Randolph LC

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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：:Recent studies have shown that the use of subscales derived from the Hamilton Depression (HAM-D) rating scale are just as reliable and enhance sensitivity for detecting response and remission after antidepressant treatment. The purpose of the present study was to determine if the responses on two items of the HAM-D sc...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Silverstone PH,Entsuah R,Hackett D

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:A case is presented of painful priapism of the clitoris lasting 3 days, with a strong temporal association with the administration of nefazodone hydrochloride. Priapism has been described as a rare side-effect of drugs with high alpha1-adrenergic blocking potential. However, the alpha1-adrenergic blocking potential of...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Brodie-Meijer CC,Diemont WL,Buijs PJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The effects of an abrupt interruption of agomelatine, a new melatonergic/serotonergic antidepressant, were explored in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Paroxetine was used as active control. After 12 weeks of double-blind treatment with agomelatine 25 mg/day or paroxetine 20 mg/day, sustained remitted depress...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Montgomery SA,Kennedy SH,Burrows GD,Lejoyeux M,Hindmarch I

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:The pattern of brain metabolic changes produced by olanzapine has yet to be described, despite the theoretical and clinical interest of this new antipsychotic. We studied a group of 17 schizophrenic patients who underwent two fluoro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) studies under two different condit...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Molina V,Gispert JD,Reig S,Pascau J,Martínez R,Sanz J,Palomo T,Desco M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6-month prevalence of depression in the Italian community was evaluated by means of the modified-Mini-International-Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) administered with a computer-prompted interview to a representative panel of 3550 individuals. Major depression and minor depression accounted for 8.0% and 2.9% of t...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Dubini A,Mannheimer R,Pancheri P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematological indices were measured in 8 patients with bipolar disorder during carbamazepine and carbamazepine-lithium combination treatment. Carbamazepine treatment was associated with limited reductions in white blood cell indices. Combined lithium-carbamazepine treatment reversed the reductions in total white cell ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Joffe RT

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00