Treatment of postpsychotic depression with sertraline in patients with schizophrenia.
Some authors treated a two groups of patients with postpsychotic depression in a groups of patients with schizophrenia. Sertraline proved better than imipramine in view of earlier onset of action and lower incidence, intensity and duration of adverse effects and lower risk of schizophrenie symtom recurrence (Ref 4).
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Central University Teaching Hospital with Polyclinic, Armed Forces School of Medicine, Independent Public Health Care Institution, Warszawa, Poland. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020280:Sertraline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline