Psychopharmacology Special Interest Group
Recent papers of interest

Recent papers of interest:

 

Olanzapine for the treatment of borderline personality disorder: variable dose 12-week randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study S. Charles Schulz, Mary C. Zanarini, Anthony Bateman, Martin Bohus, Holland C. Detke, Quynh Trzaskoma, Yoko Tanaka, Daniel Lin, Walter Deberdt, and Sara Corya ;Br J Psychiatry 2008 193: 485-492

 

Duration of antidepressant use during pregnancy and risk of major congenital malformations
Élodie Ramos, Martin St-André, Évelyne Rey, Driss Oraichi, and Anick Bérard ;Br J Psychiatry 2008 192: 344-350

 

Subunit-Selective Modulation of GABA Type A Receptor Neurotransmission and Cognition in Schizophrenia David A. Lewis, M.D., Raymond Y. Cho, M.D., Cameron S. Carter, M.D., Kevin Eklund, R.N., B.S.N., Sarah Forster, B.S., Mary Ann Kelly, Ph.D., and Debra Montrose, Ph.D., L.S.W; Am J Psychiatry 2008; 165:1585-1593

 

A UK consensus on the administration of aripiprazole for the treatment of mania. KJ Aitchison, M Bienroth, J Cookson, R Gray, PM Haddad, B Moore, L Ratna, G Sullivan, D Taylor, M Taylor, and GM Goodwin. J Psychopharmacol first published on November 14, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0269881108098820

 

Interrater reliability of the Antipsychotic Non-Neurological Side-Effects Rating Scale measured in patients treated with clozapine.Ohlsen RI, Williamson R, Yusufi B, Mullan J, Irving D, Mukherjee S, Page E, Aitchison KJ, Barnes TRE.  J Psychopharmacol 2008; 22; 323; DOI: 10.1177/0269881108091069

Change in sexual dysfunction on aripiprazole: a switching or add-on study.Mir A, Shivakumar K, Williamson RJ, McAllister VDM, O’Keane V, Aitchison KJ.  J Psychopharmacol 2008; 22; 244 originally published online Feb 28, 2008; DOI: 10.1177/0269881107082901

 

Antidepressants for Bipolar depression: A systematic review of Randomized controlled trials. Gijsman et al, Am J Psychiatry; 161:1537-1547.

 

Prediction of Antidepressant response to Milnacipran by Norepinephrine Transporter Gene Polymorphisms. Yoshida et al; Am J Psychiatry; 161:1575-1580

 

Preliminary RCT of Pramipexole added to mood stabilisers for Treatment resistant BPD.
Am J Psych 2004; 161: 564-566

 

Long Term Lithium therapy for BPD: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of RCT's.
Geddes et al, Am. J. Psych 2004; 161:2, 217-222.

 

Useful : Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Schizophrenia (2nd ed) Am J Psych Vol 161:2 2004 Supplement

 

Separation of anxiety and depressive disorders: blind alley in psychopharmacology and classification of disease
BMJ 2003;327:158-160 (19 July)

 

Type of antidepressant is not linked to suicide rates
BMJ 2003;327 (12 July)

Meltzer HY et al: Clozapine treatment for suicidality in schizophrenia.
Archives of General Psychiatry 2003;60:82-91

 

Assessment of independent effect of Olanzapine and risperidone on risk of diabetes among patients with schizophrenia
BMJ Aug 2002; 325 p243 [full text of article]

 

Antipsychotic drugs and cardiac arrest
BMJ Nov 2002; 325 p1070-1072 [full text of article]

 

50 years with Lithium treatment in affective disorders: Present and priorities
World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (Jan 2001) 2, 18-26

 

A comparison of risperidone and haloperidol for the prevention of relapse in patients with schizophrenia.
New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 346(1):16-22 [full text of article]

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