Jaspreet S. Brar, K. N. Roy Chengappa, Haranath Parepally, Alan R. Sandman, Suzanne B. Kreinbrook, Sapna A. Sheth, Rohan Ganguli
The effectiveness of clozapine in the treatment of the negative symptoms of
schizophrenia remains controversial, as improvements in negative symptoms are
invariably accompanied by improvements in positive symptoms and neurological
side effects. We examined the effectiveness of treatment with clozapine on
negative symptoms in a cohort of patients with minimal positive symptoms.
Improvements in posi... hiện toàn bộ
A case is presented of a patient diagnosed with attention deficit disorder,
obsessive thinking, anger outbursts, and depression who had a SPECT study prior
to treatment and after 3 years of treatment on clomipramine. The follow-up SPECT
study showed marked improvement overall in the cerebral perfusion of the brain.
At rest marked overactivity was noted in the anterior medial aspects of the
frontal... hiện toàn bộ