Olanzapine monotherapy in posttraumatic stress disorder: Efficacy in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-391

  Carey, Paul ^a   Suliman, Sharain ^a   Ganesan, Keith ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

olanzapine; posttraumatic stress disorder; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; TREMOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84864117524     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2238     Document Type: Article

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