Marek Jarema

..Recent literature has been reviewed to show the potential use and usefulness of the atypical medications in patients suffering from depression or mania...

..Such widely accepted standards are valuable tools to help to identify the most appropriate treatment for psychotic conditions, being not necessary adequate to patient's expectations and needs...

..The secondary objective was to assess the safety profile and clinical efficacy of the investigated drugs...

..Some herbal formulations, such as St. John's wort, have been analyzed in clinical trials to estimate their real value. The use of other herbal medicines, such as Kava-kava, valerian, and Ginkgo biloba is discussed...

..These changes are linked to negative and depressive symptoms...

..Obviously, at present we are aware that these therapies should be considered far less efficient than modern psychotropic drugs; however, at the time when these methods were used, no other efficient treatment methods were available...

..The severity of adverse events decreased during the olanzapine treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Olanzapine treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia proved to be efficacious in both objective and subjective evaluation...

..It was stated that modern concepts of treatment of schizophrenia do not solely rely on the use of modern drugs, but include the multidirectional therapeutic actions with an active participation of the patient and his/her relatives...

..At the same time it indicates that obvious differences in action exist inside the group...

..The careful selection of the drug and its dosage increases the possibility of good clinical improvement, but more wider use of these drugs is recommended in order to evaluate their practical usefulness...

..After treatment the quality of life was significantly worse in patients who had distinct depression before treatment, than in those without depression or with only slight depression before treatment...