Treatment of depressive mood in schizophrenia with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine
β Scribed by Hani Raoul Khouzam
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-4269
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β¦ Synopsis
Two patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood experienced remission in both their psychotic and depressive symptoms during treatment with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine. These case reports illustrate the antipsychotic clinical efficacy of quetiapine and its antidepressant effects in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood.
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