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More Articles from The Primary Care Companion for DNS Disorders
Letter to the Editor
Two Instances of Improvement in Tardive Dyskinesia After Administration of Aripiprazole in a Single Patient
November 29, 2012
This Letter to the Editor reports the case of a 68-year-old woman who had improvement in tardive dyskinesia with an antidepressant and aripiprazole as adjunctive therapy.
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Beneficial Effects of Adjunctive Aripiprazole in Major Depressive Disorder Are Not Dependent on Antidepressant Therapy History: A Post Hoc Analysis of 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials
November 22, 2012
Patients with depression often do not respond to the initial treatment and clinicians must then adjust therapy. The objective of this study was to determine whether switching within or…
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Importance of Gender in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
November 15, 2012
The authors of this study compared male and female patients participating in e-STAR (electronic Schizophrenia Treatment Adherence Registry), an international, prospective, observational study assessing use of risperidone long-acting injection…
Brief Report
Beneficial Effects of the Sigma-1 Agonist Fluvoxamine for Tardive Dyskinesia in Patients With Postpsychotic Depressive Disorder of Schizophrenia: Report of 5 Cases
November 8, 2012
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is characterized by involuntary, repetitive, purposeless movements that can affect different parts of the body. Tardive dyskinesia is a well-known side effect of conventional antipsychotics and…
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Depression, Quality of Life, Work Productivity, Resource Use, and Costs Among Women Experiencing Menopause and Hot Flashes: A Cross-Sectional Study
November 1, 2012
In this article, review results from a study that examined the effect of depression on health-related quality of life, work productivity, resource use, and costs among women experiencing menopausal…
