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Blonanserin is a newly developed agent which is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in Japan and Korea. This agent has high affinity to dopamine D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT2A...
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to quantify the costs of treatment in patients with schizophrenia and to compare the cost according to the relapse status.
METHODS: A total of...
OBJECTIVE: Circadian rhythm is cyclic variations in biological activity, which is crucial for physiology in mammals and alterations in circadian rhythm may be related to mood disorders. However, the effect...
Neural oscillations are a fundamental mechanism for enabling coordinated activity during normal brain functioning and are therefore a crucial target for schizophrenia research. Schizophrenia has been known to be associated...
Antipyschotics have been frequently reported being associated with hyponatremia. We have experienced two cases of severe hyponatremia with neurological symptoms in patients with acute schizophrenia who were treated with risperidone....
OBJECTIVE: Hyperprolactinemia and associated side effect, amenorrhea, often occur with risperidone treatment. We investigated the effect of adjunctive treatment with aripiprazole on risperidone induced amenorrhea in female patients with schizophrenia.
METHODS:...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between lipid profiles including total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) and...
OBJECTIVE: Haloperidol, a typical antipsychotic, has been the preferred agent for the pharmacological treatment of delirium. Recent studies have shown that atypical antipsychotics can be as effective as haloperidol in...