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..Amisulpride is therefore indeed an 'atypical atypical'--a flexible antipsychotic the use of which can be tailored to the changing needs of the patient. It is thus a suitable first-line choice for the treatment of schizophrenia...

..The aims of this study were to describe the phenomenology of auditory hallucinations in children, to establish links with DSM IV diagnoses and to explore development of the hallucinations over a 12-month period...

..Anxiety symptoms are very common in patients with MDD or GAD, and the symptomatic pattern is similar. In both disorders, the symptomatic pattern of residual symptoms is similar to the pattern of symptoms before treatment...

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..The willingness to prescribe antidepressants and anxiolytic agents is influenced, in part, by diagnosis, patient age and gender, comorbidity (and severity), and the number of spontaneous psychological complaints...

..t. comparing an hypericum extract (W55570) to placebo in depressed patients we explored whether the Ham D(6) was unidimentional and in case of a positive answer whether the total score was as sensitive as the total score of the Ham D(17)...

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..To describe physicians' observations and perceptions of patients with schizophrenia and to obtain information about antipsychotic prescribing practices...

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..In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with 375 patients the authors investigated the antidepressant efficacy and safety of 300 mg t.i.d. of hydroalcoholic Hypericum perforatum extract WS 5570...

..The number of associated disorders linearly increases the probability of attempting suicide and is the only significant predictor for lethality. A proper treatment of mental disorders could substantially lower suicidality...

..The French experience emphasizes the central role of amisulpride as a first-line treatment of schizophrenia...

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of olanzapine (5 and 20 mg/day) over a 6-month period in chronic schizophrenic patients experiencing predominantly negative symptoms...

..Our results confirm the relevance of the concept of RBD in primary care, and the need to further explore the pertinence of the restrictive recurrence criterion proposed by Angst...

..Patterns observed in Western societies are compared with those seen in the rest of the world and are discussed with a view to educational needs for primary care physicians...

..Recognition and treatment, however, relieve the burden imposed by untreated depression on the individual, society, and health services...

..Our results are in favor of the existence of RBD as a separate and original nosological entity...

..In addition, data have indicated significantly improved psychomotor retardation in patients with depression after 3 months of treatment...

..To determine the impact of acute depression on quality of life (QOL) in patients with bipolar I disorder and to compare these results with published data on QOL in patients with unipolar depression...

..Both treatments were well tolerated and had a similar low incidence of extrapyramidal symptoms; however, amisulpride was associated with less weight gain and endocrine/sexual symptoms...

..An online survey of European psychiatrists assessed awareness of the metabolic syndrome and its influence on the management of bipolar disorder...

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..The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of affective disorders, especially current major depressive episode and bipolar disorder among suicide attempters in Hungary...

..In addition, how this large and unique dataset may be utilized for maximum benefit to patients is outlined...

..We therefore classified them into sub-groups according to these two major dimensions. The study examined the relevance of these groups by describing their major diagnoses and behavioral characteristics...

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..In addition, the faculty discussed the importance of patient psychoeducation and self-management as well as the ways in which disease models of depression affect treatment...