The rationale for long-term antidepressant therapy.

abstract：:Medication adherence with antipsychotics is adversely impacted by the burden of untoward adverse effects. In particular, sexual side-effects may interfere with compliance, but are often underreported by patients. Sexual dysfunction related to hyperprolactinemia is commonly described, but ejaculatory disturbance due to...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Loh C,Leckband SG,Meyer JM,Turner E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of adjunctive fluoxetine on negative schizophrenic symptoms was evaluated in 34 chronic schizophrenic in-patients on maintenance therapy with neuroleptics. They received randomly, on a double-blind basis, fluoxetine (20 mg/day) or placebo for 12 weeks. In the fluoxetine group, three patients dropped out bec...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Spina E,De Domenico P,Ruello C,Longobardo N,Gitto C,Ancione M,Di Rosa AE,Caputi AP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 13 untreated schizophrenic patients was collected over two and a half years. They were prescribed a standard regime of oral haloperidol, and where possible were transferred to haloperidol decanoate depot injections when their clinical condition stabilised. The progress of their symptoms was monitored weekly...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Leff JP,Tress KH

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medication is critical in schizophrenia therapy, and prescription patterns have changed considerably over the past 20 years in China. This study attempts to evaluate the prescription patterns of antipsychotics for inpatients with schizophrenia in China and to identify factors influencing these patterns. Claims data of...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Xue Q,Xiong X,Feng Y,Yao L,Chen S,Xiang L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen cases of depression resistant to multiple treatments were treated by lithium augmentation of fluoxetine. Tolerability of the treatment was poor. Lithium and fluoxetine may be a possible treatment for resistant depression but there is caution regarding tolerability and toxicity with the relatively high doses o...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hawley CJ,Roberts AG,Baldwin DS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized prospective clinical trial with an observation period of 2.5 years, a subgroup analysis was carried out for the 114 patients with bipolar I disorder (DSM-IV) regarding the prophylactic efficacy of lithium and carbamazepine. Treatment outcome was evaluated taking rehospitalization, recurrence, subclinic...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Greil W,Kleindienst N

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good evidence now exists for a therapeutic action of carbamazepine (CBZ) both in acute mania and in the prophylaxis of manic depression. Comparison with other existing therapies and incidence of adverse effects in psychiatric patients also deserve more clinical research. This paper reviews these clinical issues and th...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Elphick M

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:We compared the antidepressant efficacy and patient tolerance of two different doses of milnacipran (75 mg and 150 mg daily) in 66 outpatients with major depression, using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Only new patients who had never experienced frank depressive episodes before, or those who had...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kanemoto K,Matsubara M,Yamashita K,Tarao Y,Inada E,Sekine T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social dysfunction is often associated with depressive disorders and its evaluation is an important measure of treatment outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of two treatments, venlafaxine and amitriptyline, on the social functioning of depressed patients. Twenty-eight outpatients, meeting criteria ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Gorenstein C,Andrade L,Moreno RA,Artes R

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:On the basis of numerous previous studies, the serotonergic system plays a role in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and effective agents in this pathway, such as 5-hydroxytryptophan, can potentially contribute to treatment of patients with this disorder. Evaluating the efficacy of 5-hydroxytrypt...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Yousefzadeh F,Sahebolzamani E,Sadri A,Mortezaei A,Aqamolaei A,Mortazavi SH,Shalbafan MR,Ghaffari S,Alikhani R,Mousavi SB,Naderi S,Shamabadi A,Jalilevand S,Akhondzadeh S

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Using spectral analysis of heart rate, several studies have shown that panic disorder patients are characterized by a reduced heart rate variability (HRV), indicative of abnormalities in autonomous nervous system (ANS) function. We recently reported that patients with panic disorder, who did not respond to pharmacothe...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Slaap BR,Boshuisen ML,van Roon AM,den Boer JA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of milnacipran in the treatment of major depression has been the subject of an extensive clinical development programme. Comparative studies with tricyclic antidepressant drugs have demonstrated equivalent efficacy, with improved tolerability, in particular with respect to autonomic effects. In comparison ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Bisserbe JC

更新日期：2002-06-01 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

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：:Scientific, professional, and governmental bodies have in recent years intensified efforts to formulate guidelines for the treatment of depression with the goal that medical practice should comply with these standards and thus improve patient care. 'Evidence-based medicine' demands that medical practice should explici...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Linden M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of published evidence of superior efficacy of a particular antidepressant in major depressive disorder may assist clinicians in making considered treatment choices. To identify such candidates, an international group of experts met to assess published evidence (identified through searches in Medline and Embas...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Montgomery SA,Baldwin DS,Blier P,Fineberg NA,Kasper S,Lader M,Lam RW,Lépine JP,Möller HJ,Nutt DJ,Rouillon F,Schatzberg AF,Thase ME

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a relatively common and impairing disorder. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) appear selectively efficacious for BDD, but pharmacotherapy research is limited, and escitalopram has not been studied. Fifteen subjects with BDD were treated with escitalopram and assessed with...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Phillips KA

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The objective of this paper was to assess the effects of switching from typical and/or atypical antipsychotics to ziprasidone, owing to inadequate response or intolerance, in chronic schizophrenic patients. A total of 312 patients were switched to an 8-week, open-label, flexible dose (40-160 mg/day) of ziprasidone. Ps...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Rossi A,Vita A,Tiradritti P,Romeo F

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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 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