Therapy for Delusional Disorder Therapy can help patients with delusional disorder to develop coping skills and learn to manage their symptoms. A modality called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help process logical errors and anxiety surrounding delusions[7]. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches pe...
Benzodiazepinesdepress a person's central nervous system and are used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures. Benzodiazepines have differenthalf-lives, meaning some are short-acting, intermediate-acting, or long-acting. They include: Alprazolam (Xanax, Novo-Alprazol, Nu-Alpraz) Clonazepam(Klonopin...
Olanzapine-fluoxetine combination (Symbyax) Quetiapine (Seroquel) What Other Conditions Can Antidepressant Drugs Treat? Over time, doctors have learned that antidepressants can treat other conditions as well as depression. These conditions include:
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Fluoxetine (Prozac).This SSRI was FDA-approved for MDD in people aged 8 and older, OCD in people aged 7 and older, panic disorder, bulimia nervosa, and added to olanzapine in people with treatment-resistant depression or depressive episodes in people with bipolar I disorder. It's one of th...
The effectiveness of olanzapine in treatment-refractory schizophrenia when patients are nonresponsive to or unable to tolerate clozapine This multicenter, open-label study was designed to assess the efficacy and tolerability of olanzapine in patients with chronic schizophrenia who are resist... D Mrk,JN...
Olanzapine (Zyprexa) Quetiapine (Seroquel) Brexpiprazole (Rexulti) Risperidone (Risperdal) Cariprazine (Vraylar) Ziprasidone(Geodon) Black Box Warning Antipsychotics (atypical and typical) are not approved for the treatment of older adults with dementia-related psychosis. The FDA issued ablack box warning...
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In the US, females are more likely to have affective or anxiety disorders than m ales20. In contrast, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is more prevalent in males than in females in C anada21 and the US22, and autism is more common in males than females in the US23...
Before the introduction of atypical antipsychotics (such as ziprasidone, clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine), pimozide was frequently used as first-line therapy for DP. However, today, many psychiatrists would choose the newer antipsychotics over pimozide because of their better safety pr...