Quetiapine in the treatment of psychotic adolescents: A case series of 23 patients with severe early onset psychosis

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-41

  Beer, Frank ^a   Heinrich, Hartmut ^a,b   Springer, Stephan ^a   Rüth, Ulrich ^a   Freisleder, Franz Joseph ^a  

^a Heckscher Klinik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute setting; Adolescents; Psychosis; Quetiapine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMISULPRIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIPAMPERONE; QUETIAPINE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RIGOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; VERTIGO; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33847091575     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970600960165     Document Type: Article

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