[Tests on the vegetative dynamics of depression under thymoleptic treatment].
40 patients with endogenic depression, who exhibited an inhibited-mel ancholic symptomatology received Dibenzepin (30 patients) and Imipramin (10 patients) as a mood-elucidating and activating anti-depressant. Exact determinations of blood pressure, pulse rate, the orthostatic-reaction, Schellong's test and the cold-pressure test were carried out on these patients. The results were tabulated. They show fundamentally that (1) the thymoleptic circulatory reaction as a sign of the influence of the vegetative functions makes possible in many cases a prognosis of the secondary effects of treatment and (2) a strong acceleration in the rate of pulse, and a rise in the systolic blood pressure at rest as well as the normalization of the orthostatic-test chiefly indicate an improvement or remission of depression.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003984:Dibenzazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D003984:Dibenzazepines; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D007099:Imipramine
Untersuchungen zur vegetativen Dynamik der Depressionen unter thymoleptischer Behandlung.