title: Psychological effects of amantadine on psychotic subjects.
abstract: Psychotic subjects received amantadine in an open, naturalistic study. The psychological symptoms of the subjects were measured using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Some subjects experienced an increase in their symptoms. The subjects most likely to have the increase were those whose baseline level of functioning was most disturbed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech School of Medicine, El Paso.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsuang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000547:Amantadine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001590:Benztropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D001590:Benztropine; D000547:Amantadine