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Novel antipsychotics and acute dystonic reactionsM Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 4:393-7. 2001..Among cases assuming typical neuroleptics, 32 ADR occurred. The difference between typical and atypical neuroleptics is highly significant (chi2 = 27.756; d.f. = 1; p = 0.000). Atypical antipsychotics carry a minimal risk of ADR...
Diabetes is not a risk factor for tardive dyskinesia: a retrospective observational studyMichele Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy
Hum Psychopharmacol 17:61-3. 2002..006; fd = 1; p = 0.937). These results suggest that diabetes is unlikely to play a major role in the pathogenesis of TD...
Managing antipsychotic-induced acute and tardive dystoniaM Raja
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Rome, Italy
Drug Saf 19:57-72. 1998..If tardive dystonia has occurred, switching to clozapine or another atypical antipsychotic and treatment with tetrabenazine, reserpine and botulinum toxin are possible options...
Risperidone-induced absence of ejaculationM Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, USL RM E, Rome, Italy
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 14:317-9. 1999..This side-effect has rarely been reported. The mechanism responsible for ejaculation dysfunction in risperidone treated patients is unclear, but might be due to the alpha1-adrenergic antagonist action of the drug...
Asperger's disorder in the emergency psychiatric settingM Raja
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Rome, Italy
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 23:285-93. 2001..Comorbid schizophrenia is difficult to rule out in these patients. Psychotic symptoms should not be overvalued in making the diagnosis when specific features of AS are present...
Tardive dystonia. Prevalence, risk factors, and comparison with tardive dyskinesia in a population of 200 acute psychiatric inpatientsM Raja
Ospedale Santo Spirito, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale USL RM E, Rome, Italy
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 245:145-51. 1995..Furthermore, they had started their first neuroleptic treatment more years before. These results support the distinction between TDt and TDk, and suggest that the previously reported prevalence of TDt might have been underestimated...
Neurocutaneous melanosis and psychosis: a case reportA Azzoni
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia and Servizio di Dermatologia Ospedale Nuovo Regina Margherita, Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 55:93-5. 2001..It is likely that such an association has not previously been described because of the ominous prognosis of most cases of NM with early involvement of the central nervous system...
Severe barbiturate withdrawal syndrome in migrainous patientsM Raja
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Roma, Italy
Headache 36:119-21. 1996..We propose that the occurrence of seizures, psychotic behavior, or a recent personality change should be considered clues to possible barbiturate abuse in patients with migraine...
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and catatonia. A report of three casesM Raja
Ospedale Santo Spirito, Dipartimento di salute mentale USL RM11, Rome, Italy
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 243:299-303. 1994..All of them presented low serum iron levels. The relationship between NMS and catatonia and possible therapeutic decisions are discussed...
Comparison of three antipsychotics in the emergency psychiatric settingMichele Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Via Prisciano 26, Rome, Italy
Hum Psychopharmacol 18:447-52. 2003..Due to the methodological limitations of the study, these results must be considered preliminary and need confirmation...
Oxcarbazepine, risperidone and atenolol overdose with benign outcomeMichele Raja
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 6:309-10. 2003
Tardive dyskinesia after long-term veralipride treatmentMichele Raja
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 17:252-3. 2005
Improvement or worsening of psychotic symptoms after treatment with low doses of aripiprazoleMichele Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Rome, Italy
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 10:107-10. 2007..Conversely, the effectiveness on negative symptoms seem consistent both in patients with or without antipsychotic response. A low dose may be indicated at the beginning of treatment to assess the kind of response...
Treatment of psychotic disorders with aripiprazole in the emergency psychiatric settingMichele Raja
Servizio Psichiatrico di Diagnosi e Cura, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, Italy
Psychiatr Danub 20:323-8. 2008..To assess the effectiveness of aripiprazole in the treatment of patients with psychotic symptoms in the emergency psychiatric setting...
