Background: There is an ongoing debate over whether atypical antipsychotics are more effective than typical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia. This naturalistic study compares atypical ...

Results from a retrospective comparative study did not indicate an increased risk for stroke in typical vs. atypical antipsychotic users in a nonelderly population without dementia. These findings, ...

Dr Doraiswamy is concerned that we may have underestimated the effects of past use of typical antipsychotics on pituitary volume in the patients defined as ‘drug-free’ (ie, drug-free for at least 3 ...

Bipolar disorder is a recurrent and sometimes long-term mental illness that can seriously affect the lives of patients and their families. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar I disorder, the most ...

Alderley Park, UK, 23 May 2005 – Patients with schizophrenia who are treated with the atypical antipsychotic SEROQUEL (Quetiapine) show significantly superior rates of treatment compliance compared to ...

Management of bipolar disorder (BPD) may require multiple medications, including lithium, anticonvulsants, and antipsychotics (both conventional and atypical). Updated treatment guidelines reflect an ...

Patients with schizophrenia are known to show impaired prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex response, which correlates with their general inability to screen out irrelevant sensory input. A ...

Physicians and parents alike agree fervently that "one of the worst diseases afflicting humankind is schizophrenia." This malady numbers some 2 million cases in the U.S. - edging out Alzheimer's ...

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Combination therapy effective after bipolar episode Atypical antipsychotic adjunctive therapy and mood stabilizers may be a more effective treatment than mood stabilizer monotherapy. Atypical ...

This study included 1666 treatment episodes of 1028 patients who were initiated on an oral antipsychotic and had at least 1 year of follow-up in the study following medication initiation. Of 1028 ...