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Comparison of Strategies of Acute Endogenous Psychoses Therapy

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: There are different therapeutic strategies for the relief of acute endogenous psychoses (AEP), a condition characterized by rapid onset, pronounced affective component, polymorphous symptoms, with the deployment of oneiroid and catatonic symptoms. The aim of the study was to analyze the pharmacotherapy of patients suffering from AEP, to establish the most effective and safe treatment regimens. It was found that the most quick and safe way to relief AEP s benzodiazepine usage. Combination of several drugs, especially antipsychotics, as well as the excess of the recommended dose leads to a prolonged duration AEP and frequent occurrence of side effects.

Source: Neurological Bulletin

Authors: Anastasia E Veraksa, Веракса Анастасия Евгеньевна, Aleksei Y Egorov, Егоров Алексей Юрьевич

Institutions: Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, St Petersburg University, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3030955331

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