Efficacy of aqueous extract of Echium amoenum in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1513-1516

  Sayyah, Mehdi ^a   Boostani, Hatam ^a   Pakseresht, Siroos ^a   Malaieri, Alireza ^a  

^a Joondi Shapoor University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical trial; Echium amoenum; Obsessive and compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ECHIUM AMOENUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BORAGINACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHIUM AMOENUM; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549148705     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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