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 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：:Leukopenia and agranulocytosis are well reported and dangerous haematological side-effects associated with the use of typical and atypical antipsychotics. These potentially life-threatening phenomena have led to treatment discontinuation and the consequent reemergence of psychiatric symptoms. We report three cases of ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Kodesh A,Finkel B,Lerner AG,Kretzmer G,Sigal M

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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：: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 effects of risperidone on affective symptoms were determined by an analysis of pooled data from six double-blind trials of risperidone versus haloperidol in 1254 patients with chronic schizophrenia. Symptoms indicating mania were assessed by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) excitement and grandiosi...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Peuskens J,Van Baelen B,De Smedt C,Lemmens P

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Sertindole is a novel atypical antipsychotic, which has shown efficacy in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia in phase II and III studies. Furthermore, these studies have demonstrated tolerability and a favourable side-effect profile. In contrast to classical antipsychotics, sertindole was...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Pezawas L,Quiner S,Moertl D,Tauscher J,Barnas C,Küfferle B,Wolf R,Kasper S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quetiapine ('Seroquel') is a well-tolerated, novel, atypical antipsychotic with consistent efficacy in the treatment of schizophrenia. To date, no clinical studies have evaluated the effect of quetiapine in patients who only partially respond to conventional antipsychotics, yet this type of patient is most frequently ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Emsley RA,Raniwalla J,Bailey PJ,Jones AM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet serotonin type 2A receptor (5-HT2A) sensitivity changes have previously been documented in depression, although it is unclear if this represents a stable trait marker of the illness, or whether it represents an acute state marker of depression that would change with treatment. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Plein H,Berk M

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Premenstrual dysphoria (PMD) is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, afflicting approximately 5% of all women of fertile age. The cardinal symptoms are irritability and anger. In addition, sadness, tension and carbohydrate craving are common complaints. The symptoms surface regularly between ovulation and menstruat...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Eriksson E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of somnambulistic-like behaviour related to treatment with lithium alone or in combination with other psychotropic medications was evaluated in patients attending a lithium clinic. A written questionnaire on somnambulistic-like behaviour was completed by 389 patients. Information was provided on the tim...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Landry P,Warnes H,Nielsen T,Montplaisir J

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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 SSRIs differ from each other with regard to their chemical structure, their pharmacokinetics and their potential for causing pharmacokinetic interactions through inhibition of species of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a group of more than 30 different heme containing proteins in humans...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Brøsen K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sexuality has three main roots: biological, motivational-affective-relational, and cognitive. Unfortunately, in women, the biological dimension is usually disregarded. Hormones are necessary, but not sufficient, factors to maintain a satisfying human libido. In women, oestrogens prime the central nervous system,...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Graziottin A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine (TFP) on the in-vitro growth of 50 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was tested. Of these isolates, 29 were susceptible to all five of the antitubercular drugs isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide, and 21 were resistant to o...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Gadre DV,Talwar V,Gupta HC,Murthy PS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) general population study and the World Health Organization (WHO) primary care study have established that comorbidity between panic and depression is one of the strongest psychiatric associations. The two studies agree that patients with panic-depression comorbidity have...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Ballenger JC

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:The interactions between warfarin and antidepressants can have potentially serious consequences resulting from enhanced or reduced anticoagulant activity. Information about such interactions was obtained from a Medline and hand search of the published literature, and by directly contacting manufacturers. The different...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Duncan D,Sayal K,McConnell H,Taylor D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic response patterns are described for two antidepressant drugs and placebo in post-traumatic stress disorder. Early onset and steady improvement occurred on a global rating scale for both drugs and placebo in those who ultimately met responder criteria at the end of treatment. In certain cases, the magnit...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Davidson JR,Malik ML,Sutherland SN

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：: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：:Since the introduction in 1993 of the novel serotonin-dopamine antagonist antipsychotic risperidone, over 12 million patient-months of exposure to the drug have been accumulated. Further studies have confirmed the efficacy of risperidone across a broad range of patients with schizophrenia who were not represented in t...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Gutierrez-Esteinou R,Grebb JA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of mianserin and trazodone as antidepressants with serotonin 2 antagonist properties on negative symptoms and tardive dyskinesia in elderly patients with chronic schizophrenia. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study the dose of each drug was incre...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Hayashi T,Yokota N,Takahashi T,Tawara Y,Nishikawa T,Yano T,Furutani M,Fujikawa T,Horiguchi J,Yamawaki S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A priority in the treatment of depression is to obtain rapid improvement at an early stage. Since depressed patients, who are often convinced that nothing can be done for them, may well have difficulty in adhering to the therapeutic management plan, they can be both uncooperative and neglectful of treatment measures. ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Freeman H

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Treatment of psychotic symptoms with traditional neuroleptics has been complicated by acute extrapyramidal syndromes (EPS) and late occurring tardive dyskinesia. These widely prevalent disorders have both motor and mental components which impose additional impairments on patients who are already substantially limited ...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Casey DE

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DEPRESS (Depression Research in European Society) is the first large pan-European survey of depression in the community. A total of 13359 of the 78463 adults who participated in screening interviews across six countries were identified as suffering from depression, a 6-month prevalence of 17%. Major depression account...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lépine JP,Gastpar M,Mendlewicz J,Tylee A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a total population of patients with a schizophrenic syndrome, the amount of antipsychotic drugs during a defined period was studied. Doses of antipsychotics were higher in males than in females, low to moderate in most patients, and decreased with the duration of illness. There was a significant negative correlatio...

journal_title：International clinical psychopharmacology

authors： Lindström E,Widerlöv B,von Knorring L

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：: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