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The new-generation antipsychotics - integrating the neuropathology and pharmacology of schizophrenia
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
Despite a well-established role for dopamine (DA) in the neuropathology of schizophrenia, and the evidence of a hyperdopaminergic state in the schizophrenic brain, many questions still remain. Typical agents acting ...
Establishing a neuropsychiatry clinic at Tygerberg hospital
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
Objective. Neuropsychiatry is a neglected subspecialty in South Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the need for neuropsychiatry clinics by evaluating a recently established unit in South Africa and testing opinions ...
Inappropriate involuntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
Background. In order to preserve scarce resources, treatment in tertiary psychiatric hospitals should be restricted to those whose treatment needs make admission to such hospitals essential. However, anecdotal evidence ...
Co-occurrence of schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder : a literature review
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
[No abstract available]
D8/17 in obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
The finding that patients with Sydenham's
chorea often demonstrate obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OeD) has fostered increased interest in possible neuroimmunological
mechanisms in OCD.' Increased expression of
the ...
A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of paroxetine in the management of social phobia (social anxiety disorder) in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)
Background. Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, is a highly prevalent disorder with significant morbidity. Patients with social phobia frequently develop co-morbid psychiatric disorders such as depression ...