Platelet monoamine oxidase response to lithium treatment in psychiatric patients.

abstract：:The neurotransmitter dopamine is integrally involved in the rewarding effects of drugs, and it has also been thought to mediate impulsive behaviors in animal models. Most of the studies of drug effects on impulsive behaviors in humans have involved drugs with complex actions on different transmitter systems and differ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hamidovic A,Kang UJ,de Wit H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dopaminergic dysfunction, namely, dopamine transporter (DAT) availability variations in patients with drug-naive schizophrenia after long-term treatment, is still not well understood. The aims of the study were to explore (i) whether the DAT availability in patients with drug-naive schizophrenia differed aft...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Chang WH,Chen KC,Lee IH,Chi MH,Chen PS,Yao WJ,Chiu NT,Yang YK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to evaluate the practice patterns of US postgraduate year (PGY) levels 3 and 4 psychiatric residents in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) types I and II. We also aimed to determine whether confidence in prescribing mood stabilizers is associated with residents' practice patterns. The reside...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rakofsky JJ,Dunlop BW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients completed a 5-week double-blind study comparing alprazolam, propranolol, and placebo in the treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks. There was no concomitant behavioral treatment. Patient and therapist rating scales included Sheehan's Panic and Anxiety Attack Scales, the Mark...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Munjack DJ,Crocker B,Cabe D,Brown R,Usigli R,Zulueta A,McManus M,McDowell D,Palmer R,Leonard M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP), we investigated the effect of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram on personality traits and the relationship between personality traits and peripheral indexes for central serotonergic function in patients with panic disorder at baseline and after 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Neuger J,Wistedt B,Aberg-Wistedt A,Stain-Malmgren R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phencyclidine (PCP) abuse has diminished since PCP's intrusion into American culture in the late 1970s. One of its legacies is the assumption that it provokes violent behavior in humans with predictable regularity. This assumption is so accepted that ingestion of the drug both accidentally and knowingly prior to commi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Brecher M,Wang BW,Wong H,Morgan JP

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of plasma clozapine concentrations is useful in assessing compliance, optimizing therapy, and minimizing toxicity. We measured plasma clozapine and norclozapine (N-desmethylclozapine) concentrations in samples from 3782 patients (2648 male, 1127 female). No clozapine was detected in 291 samples (227 pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rostami-Hodjegan A,Amin AM,Spencer EP,Lennard MS,Tucker GT,Flanagan RJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system depressant drugs (CNS-Ds) are known to impair cognitive functions. Overdose of these drugs is common, and most of the hospital-treated patients are discharged within 24 to 48 hours. No previous studies have examined whether they have residual impairment at the time of discharge. Our aim was to e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Dassanayake TL,Michie PT,Jones A,Carter G,Mallard T,Whyte I

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Taq1A polymorphism in the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene could be related to the response to antipsychotics. We examined the effects of the Taq1A polymorphism on the plasma monoamine metabolites during the treatment of schizophrenia with aripiprazole, a DRD2 partial agonist. Thirty Japanese patients with schizop...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Miura I,Takeuchi S,Katsumi A,Mori A,Kanno K,Yang Q,Mashiko H,Numata Y,Niwa S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the association between tardive dyskinesia (TD) and polymorphic variations in (a) 2 cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes (CYP2D6 or CYP3A5), (b) 2 DRD2 variants (Ser311Cys and -141C Ins/del) and the Ser9Gly DRD3 variants, (c) 2 glutathione S-transferases (GSTT1 and GSTM1), and (d) variations in the PgP gene, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： de Leon J,Susce MT,Pan RM,Koch WH,Wedlund PJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of alprazolam in treating symptoms of anxiety and depression in 60 patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery was assessed in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The results indicate that alprazolam treatment for anxiety following coronary bypass surgery, particularly symptoms occurring in the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Freeman AM 3rd,Fleece L,Folks DG,Sokol RS,Hall KR,Pacifico AD,McGiffin DC,Kirklin JK,Zorn GL,Karp RB

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex prevalence of schizophrenia is approximately equal, and yet clinical trials of new therapeutic drugs have been conducted, for the most part, with male participants. The authors reviewed the percentage of women in schizophrenia clinical trials of the new "atypical" antipsychotic medications. MEDLINE and Cochran...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Chaves AC,Seeman MV

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite initial reports of efficacy in bipolar depression, multicenter trials did not show aripiprazole to be better than placebo, possibly because the doses used were too high, leading to lower efficacy and high dropout rates. This study evaluated the effects of low-dose aripiprazole. Extensive clinical exp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kelly T,Lieberman DZ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that untreated patients with acute schizophrenia present with reduced heart rate variability and complexity as well as increased QT variability. This autonomic dysregulation might contribute to increased cardiac morbidity and mortality in these patients. However, the additional effects of n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Bär KJ,Koschke M,Berger S,Schulz S,Tancer M,Voss A,Yeragani VK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Efficacy of atypical antipsychotic in acute schizophrenic episodes is still in debate. This study evaluated treatment practices over 7 years of initial treatment with oral risperidone in acutely exacerbated patients with schizophrenia and in a subgroup of highly agitated, tense, and aggressive patients. Addit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Pajonk FG,Schreiner A,Peters S,Rettig K,Degner D,Rüther E

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum neuroleptic activity by radioreceptor assay and prolactin concentration were measured every 6 months for 2 years in 105 male schizophrenic outpatients. The patients took a variety of neuroleptics at clinically determined doses. As expected, when four dissimilar neuroleptics were examined together, there was no s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Young AS,Faraone SV,Brown WA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this multicenter, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study, the efficacy, safety, dosing characteristics, and discontinuation of clonazepam were analyzed in patients with panic disorder. Four hundred thirteen patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo or one of five fixed daily doses of clonazep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rosenbaum JF,Moroz G,Bowden CL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is unknown to which degree the effect of antidepressant drugs are related to baseline degree of depression, dose level, patient's age, or type of questionnaire used. We explored this for paroxetine. METHODS:We used placebo-controlled published and unpublished randomized, double-blind, clinical trials of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Klemp M,Tvete IF,Gåsemyr J,Natvig B,Aursnes I

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The quality of clinical interviews conducted in industry-sponsored clinical drug trials is an important but frequently overlooked variable that may influence the outcome of a study. We evaluated the quality of Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) clinical interviews performed at baseline in 2 similar ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Engelhardt N,Feiger AD,Cogger KO,Sikich D,DeBrota DJ,Lipsitz JD,Kobak KA,Evans KR,Potter WZ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of treatment-emergent extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) and tardive dyskinesia (TD) in schizophrenic patients, and the clinical characteristics associated with an increased risk of developing EPSs and TD were examined. Patients (N = 7728) in the 3-year, prospective, observational Schizophrenia Outpatient He...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Novick D,Haro JM,Bertsch J,Haddad PM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:One of the major enzymes of the cytochrome P450 drug-metabolizing system, CYP2D6, shows a high degree of genetic polymorphism and variability in activity. Based on the degree of CYP2D6 activity, individuals can be broadly classified as poor metabolizers (PMs) or extensive metabolizers (EMs); the metabolism...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Nichols AI,Lobello K,Guico-Pabia CJ,Paul J,Preskorn SH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The debilitation of schizophrenia (SCHZ) worsens markedly with comorbid cocaine dependence (CD) and alcohol abuse. To date, no medications have conclusively demonstrated effects against both SCHZ and CD (SCHZ + CD) simultaneously. Because of its dopamine-modulating properties, we hypothesized that aripiprazole would a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Beresford TP,Clapp L,Martin B,Wiberg JL,Alfers J,Beresford HF

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been several case reports of improvement in tardive dyskinesia (TD) after treatment with calcium-blocking agents. We have conducted prior single-blind (rater-blind) studies of verapamil and diltiazem and found a statistically significant improvement in TD with verapamil, and a small improvement that did not...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Duncan E,Adler L,Angrist B,Rotrosen J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify factors associated with anticholinergic abuse in patients taking antipsychotics and anticholinergics and to document the extent of extrapyramidal side effects in anticholinergic abusers, 21 anticholinergic abusers were matched with 21 controls without a history of anticholinergic abuse for diagnosis and an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Wells BG,Marken PA,Rickman LA,Brown CS,Hamann G,Grimmig J

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assemble expert clinical experience and judgment regarding the treatment of panic disorder in a systematic, quantitative manner, particularly with respect to changes during the past 5 years. A panel of 73 internationally recognized experts in the field of pharmacotherapy of anxiety a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Uhlenhuth EH,Balter MB,Ban TA,Yang K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2-mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST), performed in a drug-free acute exacerbation phase of illness shortly after admission, differentiated between major depression with psychosis and stringently diagnosed chronic schizophrenia. This has practical significance because effective drug treatment in each diagnosti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Clower CG

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the effects of imipramine on heart rate and blood pressure in panic disorder patients who participated in an 8-week double-blind dosage response treatment protocol. At the end of a placebo baseline, patients were randomly assigned to placebo or one of three weight-adjusted imipramine dosages: low ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： de Groot CM,Mavissakalian MR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dysfunctions (SDs) occur frequently in schizophrenia patients and have a huge impact on quality of life and compliance. They are often associated with antipsychotic medication. Nicotine consumption, negative or depressive symptoms, and physical illness are also discussed as contributing factors. Data on SD in f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Malik P,Kemmler G,Hummer M,Riecher-Roessler A,Kahn RS,Fleischhacker WW,EUFEST Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study describes prescription patterns of psychotropic medications for patients treated for psychosis in psychiatric hospitals of Uganda. A cross-sectional quantitative survey of age, sex, diagnoses, and psychotropic medication of 682 psychiatric inpatients of the 2 national referral hospitals in Uganda was conduct...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rukat A,Musisi S,Ströhle A,Mundt AP

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in heart rate variability (HRV) can indicate increased sympathetic nervous system activity and possibly increased norepinephrine levels. In this randomized, placebo- and escitalopram (ESC)-controlled, subject-blind, 2-period, crossover study, 26 healthy subjects 50 to 65 years old received duloxetine (DLX) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Chappell JC,Kovacs R,Haber H,Wright R,Mitchell MI,Detke M,Pangallo B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00