-
There are several risks involved in taking SSRIs antidepressants during pregnancy (the most frequent being abortion, congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension). This case-control study examined the effects of exposure to SSRIs in 298 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and 1,507 [...]
-
The generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic disease needing long-term treatments. In order to verify the obtainable benefit with a 6-month and a 12-month therapy through long-term-release venlafaxine, 268 subjects with a diagnosis of GAD have been treated through an open-label study: after [...]
-
When we speak of sudden interruption of treatment, we refer to a period of 1-7 days, while gradual interruption implies the use of a drug at reduced doses for at least 14 days. In order to verify the results obtainable with a sudden to gradual interruption of antidepressants, some Italian [...]
-
The USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) has published new guidelines concerning depression screening in adults, after having performed a systematic review on the available evidence. The results, compared to the previous edition in 2002, is that screening is now advised only when there is [...]
-
The presence of depression in parents increases of 2-3 times the risk of depression in adolescents, so with this multicentric trial relative to cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), some researchers have en-rolled 316 adolescents (between 13 and 17) with one of the following characteristics: the [...]
-
American data show a prevalence of major depressive disorders (MDD) of 3% in children and of 6% in teenagers, but, in spite of this, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) didn’t advice, in 2002, the screening for this disease in childhood and teenage. Now, the USPSTF changes its mind and [...]
-
In the treatment of fibromyalgia (a syndrome which is still difficult to understand and solve) antidepressants are used, even if the patient does not present any symptoms or typical signs of a depressive episode. The extent of the obtainable benefit is however irregular, so some German researchers [...]
-
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issued its guidelines for the use of second-generation antidepressants in depressed patients. Such recommendations are based on a review of 203 trials concerning 12 antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and [...]
-
About 40% of patients undergoing stroke experience, after the vascular accident, a more or less severe depression, but such to further worsen their quality of life. Antidepressants used in this occasion have given contrasting results, so a multicentric trial was performed involving 176 patients [...]
-
In spite of the wide use of antipsychotics in patients affected by dementia, researchers speak more and more often of an association between these drugs and an increase in mortality, so a retrospective trial was performed to compare mortality rates in patients with dementia treated with [...]