The Use of Antidepressant Drugs in the Elderly Patient

PrangeJr., Arthur J.

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“…-Euphoric-dysphoric mood changes: Amphetamine has mood-elevating and even euphorie effeets, which can however-depending on the dose and application timechange to dysphoric and even psychotic mood states (Prange. 1973;Halbreich.…”

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Psychostimulants, Analeptics, Nootropics: An Attempt to Differentiate and Assess Drugs Designed for the Treatment of Impaired Brain Functions

Coper

Herrmann²

1988

Pharmacopsychiatry

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The common characteristic properties of psychostimulants, analeptics, and nootropics are excitatory and disinhibitory effects on the central nervous system. The differences lie in the type of excitatory effect. Psychostimulants produce a general, yet nonphysiologic, activation with subsequent sedation. They generally act in a destabilising manner, disturbing the homoeostatic functions of centrally regulated reactions. Nootropics produce a physiological activation of disturbed or reduced adaptation functions. They have a stabilising effect, increasing the homoeostatic functions of the centrally regulated reactions that have become susceptible to disturbances. Analeptics differ from psychostimulants and nootropics. The effects of neuronal excitation or disinhibition are mainly restricted to the respiratory and circulatory systems. In high dosages they produce convulsions and corresponding motor reactions. No conclusive evidence for a general efficacy in the treatment of organic mental disorders has been furnished for any of the three drug classes. Yet there is sufficient proof that nootropics, unlike psychostimulants and analeptics, can produce therapeutic results in at least some patients, even if it is not yet clear under what conditions they can be meaningfully applied. There is a fundamental difference between the three groups with regard to the potential for abuse. While tolerance and extreme physiological dependence can occur rapidly under treatment with psychostimulants, such risks are not a typical feature of nootropics or analeptics.

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Psychostimulants, Analeptics, Nootropics: An Attempt to Differentiate and Assess Drugs Designed for the Treatment of Impaired Brain Functions

Coper

Herrmann²

1988

Pharmacopsychiatry

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Life Enhancement Counseling and the Treatment of Depressed Cuban American Elders

Szapocznik

Santisteban

Kurtines

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Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This article reports on a demonstration project designed to develop a psychosocial model of services for treating depressed Cuban American elders. Data were collected to identify client variables (age, sex, time in the United States, and education) and treatment variables (life enhancement counseling, medication, and number of sessions) that are differentially predictive of treatment effectiveness with depressed Hispanic elders. Data are reported on a sample of 100 elders. Treatment effectiveness was measured using a factorially derived composite criterion. Residualized gain scores and factor-analytic techniques were used to conduct an analysis of the outcome criteria structures and to create the outcome composite. Multiple-regression techniques were employed to identify client and treatment variables differentially predictive of treatment effectiveness. The results of these analyses indicated that treatment success was independent of client variables, while two treatment variables, extent of life enhancement counseling and medication, were significantly predictive of treatment outcome.

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The Use of Drugs in Depression: Its Theoretical and Practical Basis

Prange¹

1973

Psychiatric Annals

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The Use of Antidepressant Drugs in the Elderly Patient

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Psychostimulants, Analeptics, Nootropics: An Attempt to Differentiate and Assess Drugs Designed for the Treatment of Impaired Brain Functions

Psychostimulants, Analeptics, Nootropics: An Attempt to Differentiate and Assess Drugs Designed for the Treatment of Impaired Brain Functions

Life Enhancement Counseling and the Treatment of Depressed Cuban American Elders

The Use of Drugs in Depression: Its Theoretical and Practical Basis

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