[Remission of schizophrenic psychosis with negative symptoms with risperidone].
The appearence of extrapyramidal motor disorders and the inadequate response of the negative symptoms to classical neuroleptic treatment represent a serious impairment for the patient that make rehabilitation and reintegration into the work setting difficult or even impossible. Such patients can profit from a changeover to risperidone, which has a more favorable side effects profile and an appreciably better effect on the negative symptoms than classical neuroleptics. The therapeutic usefulness of risperidone treatment is illustrated by the case of a 27-year-old technician whose pronounced negative symptoms failed to respond to classical neuroleptic treatment.
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D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D018967:Risperidone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018967:Risperidone