Journal of affective disorders
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Schizoaffective disorder shares clinical characteristics with schizophrenia and affective disorders, with patients experiencing concurrent manic, mixed, or depressive episodes during psychosis. Because efficacy may be better in schizoaffective disorder than schizophrenia, this post-hoc analysis examines the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of aripiprazole in patients with schizoaffective disorder. ⋯ Aripiprazole was efficacious and well tolerated in patients with schizoaffective disorder.
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Comparative Study
Economic impact of non-persistence to antidepressant therapy in the Quebec community-dwelling elderly population.
In a real-life setting, differences across newer antidepressants in patterns of use remain poorly explored, particularly in the older patients despite the high prevalence of late-life depression. ⋯ As found in other populations, non-persistence with antidepressant treatment is very frequent in the Quebec elderly population. Products associated with poor persistence result in increased health care costs. Hence, intervention programs aimed at improving persistence would optimize the use of health care resources and result in economic advantages.