Authors: M. Bareš; M. Hrdlička; L. Propper Authors‘ workplace: Psychiatrické centrum Praha, ředitel prof. MUDr. C. Höschl, DrSc. Dětská psychiatrická klinika FN Praha - Motol, zastupující přednosta MUDr. M. Hrdlička, CSc. Published in: Čes. a slov. Psychiat., , 2000, No. 2, pp. 86-92. Category:
In the submitted review the authors characterize the differences of psychotic and non-psychoticdepression. They give a brief account of the effectiveness of tricyclic antidepressants and classi-cal neuroleptics in the treatment of psychotic depression. The main part of the paper is devotedto a review on the use of amoxapine, selective inhibitors of the serotonin re-uptake and atypicalneuroleptics in acute treatment of depressive disorders with psychotic symptoms. Despite metho-dological limitations of the mentioned studies the authors conclude that these preparations aregaining their place in the treatment of psychotic depression.
Key words: psychotic depression, classical neuroleptics, tricyclic antidepressants, SSRI, atypicalneuroleptics.
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