A G Awad

Summary

Affiliation: Humber River Regional Hospital
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Intervention research in psychosis: issues related to the assessment of quality of life
    A G Awad
    Mental Health Program, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Schizophr Bull 26:557-64. 2000
  2. ncbi Reduction in psychotic symptoms as a predictor of patient satisfaction with antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: data from a randomized double-blind trial
    Georges M Gharabawi
    Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc, Titusville, NJ, USA
    BMC Psychiatry 6:45. 2006
  3. ncbi Is it time to consider comorbid substance abuse as a new indication for antipsychotic drug development?
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Psychopharmacol 26:953-7. 2012
  4. ncbi Measuring quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: an update
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Pharmacoeconomics 30:183-95. 2012
  5. ncbi Chlorpromazine for schizophrenia: a Cochrane systematic review of 50 years of randomised controlled trials
    Clive Elliott Adams
    Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, Academic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9LT, UK
    BMC Med 3:15. 2005
  6. ncbi The burden of schizophrenia on caregivers: a review
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M6M 3Z4, Canada
    Pharmacoeconomics 26:149-62. 2008
  7. ncbi Impact of atypical antipsychotics on quality of life in patients with schizophrenia
    A George Awad
    Institute of Medical Science and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    CNS Drugs 18:877-93. 2004
  8. ncbi Body weight, image and self-esteem evaluation questionnaire: development and validation of a new scale
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry, Humber Regional Hospital, 1575 Keele Street, Toronto M6M 3Z4, Canada
    Schizophr Res 70:63-7. 2004
  9. ncbi New antipsychotics, compliance, quality of life, and subjective tolerability--are patients better off?
    A George Awad
    University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Science, Ontario
    Can J Psychiatry 49:297-302. 2004
  10. ncbi A controlled dose-ranging study of remoxipride and haloperidol in schizophrenia--a Canadian multicentre trial
    Y D Lapierre
    Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 358:72-7. 1990

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Publications22

  1. ncbi Intervention research in psychosis: issues related to the assessment of quality of life
    A G Awad
    Mental Health Program, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Schizophr Bull 26:557-64. 2000
    ..Unless these issues are adequately clarified and resolved, the recent heightened interest in the concept of quality of life may fade away, and that would be a missed opportunity in the mental health field...
  2. ncbi Reduction in psychotic symptoms as a predictor of patient satisfaction with antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: data from a randomized double-blind trial
    Georges M Gharabawi
    Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc, Titusville, NJ, USA
    BMC Psychiatry 6:45. 2006
    ..Predictors of patient satisfaction with antipsychotic medication were examined in a study of patients with a recent exacerbation of schizophrenia...
  3. ncbi Is it time to consider comorbid substance abuse as a new indication for antipsychotic drug development?
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    J Psychopharmacol 26:953-7. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Measuring quality of life in patients with schizophrenia: an update
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Pharmacoeconomics 30:183-95. 2012
    ..Both are significantly affected by the illness itself and its treatment...
  5. ncbi Chlorpromazine for schizophrenia: a Cochrane systematic review of 50 years of randomised controlled trials
    Clive Elliott Adams
    Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, Academic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9LT, UK
    BMC Med 3:15. 2005
    ..Quantitative reviews are rare; this one evaluates the effects of chlorpromazine in the treatment of schizophrenia in comparison with placebo...
  6. ncbi The burden of schizophrenia on caregivers: a review
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M6M 3Z4, Canada
    Pharmacoeconomics 26:149-62. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Impact of atypical antipsychotics on quality of life in patients with schizophrenia
    A George Awad
    Institute of Medical Science and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    CNS Drugs 18:877-93. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Body weight, image and self-esteem evaluation questionnaire: development and validation of a new scale
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry, Humber Regional Hospital, 1575 Keele Street, Toronto M6M 3Z4, Canada
    Schizophr Res 70:63-7. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi New antipsychotics, compliance, quality of life, and subjective tolerability--are patients better off?
    A George Awad
    University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Science, Ontario
    Can J Psychiatry 49:297-302. 2004
    ..This overview reviews the impact of second-generation antipsychotics on less frequently researched outcomes such as medication-adherence behaviour, quality of life, and subjective tolerability in patients with schizophrenia...
  10. ncbi A controlled dose-ranging study of remoxipride and haloperidol in schizophrenia--a Canadian multicentre trial
    Y D Lapierre
    Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 358:72-7. 1990
    ..The general safety profile of remoxipride as assessed from clinical chemistry, haematology, and cardiovascular variables suggests that remoxipride in the dose ranges studied can be used safely for the treatment of schizophrenic patients...
  11. ncbi Quality of life and response of negative symptoms in schizophrenia to haloperidol and the atypical antipsychotic remoxipride. The Canadian Remoxipride Group
    A G Awad
    Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 22:244-8. 1997
    ..This study presents an approach for inclusion of quality of life as an outcome measure in the design of clinical trials of new antipsychotic medications...
  12. ncbi Selective dopamine D2 antagonist and prolactin response in acute schizophrenia--results from remoxipride studies. The Canadian Remoxipride Study Group
    A G Awad
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 14:769-77. 1990
    ..In females, there was no difference in baseline prolactin between responders and nonresponders...
  13. ncbi Cannabis induced dopamine release: an in-vivo SPECT study
    L N Voruganti
    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Psychiatry Res 107:173-7. 2001
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  14. ncbi The treatment of negative symptoms: a clinical and methodological study
    Y D Lapierre
    Department of Psychiatry, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 14:101-12. 1999
    ..In addition, the design of the study provides a methodology that is appropriate to the study of primary negative symptoms in schizophrenia...
  15. ncbi Neuroleptic dysphoria: towards a new synthesis
    L Voruganti
    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 171:121-32. 2004
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  16. ncbi Subjective effects of AMPT-induced dopamine depletion in schizophrenia: correlation between dysphoric responses and striatal D(2) binding ratios on SPECT imaging
    L Voruganti
    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Neuropsychopharmacology 25:642-50. 2001
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  17. ncbi Personal evaluation of transitions in treatment (PETiT):a scale to measure subjective aspects of antipsychotic drug therapy in schizophrenia
    Lakshmi N P Voruganti
    Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    Schizophr Res 56:37-46. 2002
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  18. ncbi New generation antipsychotic drugs and compliance behaviour
    Lakshmi P Voruganti
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 21:133-9. 2008
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  19. ncbi Subjective and behavioural consequences of striatal dopamine depletion in schizophrenia--findings from an in vivo SPECT study
    Lakshmi N P Voruganti
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, and Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Schizophr Res 88:179-86. 2006
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  20. ncbi The rational use of medications in acute psychotic presentations -- the case for less is more
    A George Awad
    Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, and Chief of Psychiatry, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ont, Canada
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 31:216. 2006
  21. ncbi Second-generation antipsychotics: looking beyond efficacy
    A George Awad
    Can J Psychiatry 49:283-4. 2004
  22. ncbi Is neuroleptic dysphoria a variant of drug-induced extrapyramidal side effects?
    Lakshmi P Voruganti
    Schizophrenia Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
    Can J Psychiatry 49:285-9. 2004
    ..We review the recent literature on the subject and clarify the relation between neuroleptic-induced dysphoria and EPSEs...