title: An open, noncomparative study of amoxapine in borderline disorders.
abstract: Five patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and 5 patients with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) completed at least 3 weeks of treatment with amoxapine. The patients fulfilled DSM-III criteria for borderline disorders and scored 7 points or more in Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB). The final median medication in patients with BPD was 200 mg amoxapine/day and 42 mg oxazepam/day. Duration of treatment averaged 28 days. In patients with SPD the corresponding figures were 250 mg amoxapine/day, 36 mg oxazepam/day and 39 days. The study suggests that amoxapine improves schizophrenic-like and depressive symptoms in patients with schizotypal personality disorders (SPD). No effect could be shown in patients with borderline personality disorders (BPD).
authors.affiliation: Department B, Vordingborg Psychiatric Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000657:Amoxapine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003989:Dibenzoxazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D003989:Dibenzoxazepines; D000657:Amoxapine