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Clozapine-induced pericarditis: an ethical dilemma
(2019-06)
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic used most frequently in the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, where severely unwell patients have failed to respond to standard antipsychotic therapy. Clozapine is ...
Comparative effects of 18 antipsychotics on metabolic function in schizophrenia, predictors of metabolic dysregulation, and association with psychopathology: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
(2019-10)
Background: Antipsychotic-treatment is associated with metabolic disturbance. However, the relative degree to which metabolic alterations occur in treatment with different antipsychotics remains unclear. Furthermore, ...
Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: Impact of Pharmacological Treatment
(2019-12)
Bipolar disorder is an illness characterised by periods of elated and depressed mood. These mood episodes are associated with changes in cognitive function and there is evidence to suggest that cognitive dysfunction persists ...
Safety of 80 antidepressants, antipsychotics, anti-attention-deficit/ hyperactivity medications and mood stabilizers in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders: a large scale systematic meta-review of 78 adverse effects
(2020-06)
Mental disorders frequently begin in childhood or adolescence. Psychotropic medications have various indications for the treatment of mental disorders in this age group and are used not infrequently off‐label. However, ...
Clinicians’ views of treatment types for first episode psychosis delivered in a randomised controlled trial (MAPS)
(2020-07)
Background
Clinicians’ treatment beliefs could affect the feasibility of delivering different treatments in a randomised controlled trial (RCT). In MAPS (Managing Adolescent first Episode Psychosis: a feasibility Study), ...
Antipsychotic medication versus psychological intervention versus a combination of both in adolescents with first-episode psychosis (MAPS): a multicentre, three-arm, randomised controlled pilot and feasibility study
(2020-07)
Background
Evidence for the effectiveness of treatments in early-onset psychosis is sparse. Current guidance for the treatment of early-onset psychosis is mostly extrapolated from trials in adult populations. The UK ...
The side effect profile of Clozapine in real world data of three large mental hospitals
(2020-01)
Objective: Mining the data contained within Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can potentially generate a greater understanding of medication effects in the real world, complementing what we know from Randomised control ...
Understanding young peoples’ and family members’ views of treatment for first episode psychosis in a randomised controlled trial (MAPS)
(2020-07)
Background;There is limited evidence to inform treatment decision-making in adolescents experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP). In the MAPS trial (Managing Adolescent first Episode Psychosis: a feasibility Study), ...
Psychological intervention, antipsychotic medication or a combined treatment for adolescents with a first episode of psychosis: the MAPS feasibility three-arm RCT
(2021-01)
Background: When psychosis emerges in young people there is a risk of poorer outcomes, and access to evidence-based treatments is paramount. The current evidence base is limited. Antipsychotic medications show only a small ...
How Efficacious Are Antipsychotic Drugs for Schizophrenia? An Interpretation Based on 13 Effect Size Indices
(2021-08)
Background
The magnitude of the superiority of antipsychotics over placebo is debated. One reason is that the effect-size index which is usually used in meta-analyses is in standard deviation units. Many other indices, ...