title: Treatment of depressive mood in schizophrenia with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine.
abstract: Two patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood experienced remission in both their psychotic and depressive symptoms during treatment with the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine. These case reports illustrate the antipsychotic clinical efficacy of quetiapine and its antidepressant effects in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and depressive mood.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Manchester, NH 03104-4098, USA. Khouzam.Hani@Manchester.VA.Gov
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Khouzam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate