Affective Symptoms - Drug therapy
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

[The assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by teacher ratings - validity and reliability of the FBB-HKS]

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study analyzes the German version of the teacher rated Symptom Checklist for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (FBB-HKS) which is part of the Diagnostic System of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents (DISYPS-KJ). ... Read more...

CREB regulation of nucleus accumbens excitability mediates social isolation-induced behavioral deficits.

16 Jan 2009 Here, we characterized behavioral abnormalities induced by prolonged social isolation in adult rodents. Social isolation induced both anxiety- and anhedonia-like symptoms and decreased cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) activity in the ... Read more...

Modafinil as an adjunctive treatment of sedation, negative symptoms, and cognition in schizophrenia: a critical review.

16 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: Given recent reports about the off-label use of modafinil as an adjuvant for the treatment of antipsychotic-associated sedation in schizophrenia patients and the recent interest in its putative cognitive-enhancing effects in this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affective Symptoms - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [The assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by teacher ratings - validity and reliability of the FBB-HKS] 30 Aug 2009
• CREB regulation of nucleus accumbens excitability mediates social isolation-induced behavioral deficits. 16 Jan 2009
• [Correction of clinical presentations of the emotional burnout syndrome] 30 Dec 2008
• Modafinil as an adjunctive treatment of sedation, negative symptoms, and cognition in schizophrenia: a critical review. 16 Nov 2008
• Lifestyle drugs in old age--a mini-review. 10 Nov 2008
• Predictors of subjective and objective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2008
• Fluoxetine improves the quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional disturbances. 21 Jul 2008
• [Comparative efficiency of nootropic drugs in complex treatment of patients with remote consequences of closed craniocereberal trauma] 29 Jun 2008
• Effects of fentanyl dose and exposure duration on the affective and somatic signs of fentanyl withdrawal in rats. 25 Jun 2008
• An experimental approach for the study of psychotropic drug effects under simulated clinical conditions. 29 Apr 2008
• Kinematic analysis of facial behaviour in patients with schizophrenia under emotional stimulation by films with "Mr. Bean". 30 Mar 2008
• Aripiprazole efficacy in irritability and disruptive-aggressive symptoms: young mania rating scale line analysis from two, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. 30 Mar 2008
• Efficacy of quetiapine for impulsivity and affective symptoms in borderline personality disorder. 30 Mar 2008
• Clinical factors influencing the prescription of antidepressants and benzodiazepines: results from the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders (ESEMeD). 8 Mar 2008
• [Impaired recognition of emotion improved by L-DOPA in a patient with amygdala damage] 30 Jan 2008
• Behavioral symptoms after pallido-nigral lesions: a clinico-pathological case. 30 Dec 2007
• Lamotrigine for the treatment of impulsive aggression and affective symptoms in a patient with borderline personality disorder comorbid with body dysmorphic disorder. 30 Dec 2007
• The impact of topiramate on health-related quality of life indicators in chronic migraine. 30 Oct 2007
• Recognizing apathy in Alzheimer's disease. 30 Oct 2007
• Psychotropic medication management for youth in state care: consent, oversight, and policy considerations. 30 Aug 2007

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Technical information about 'Affective Symptoms'

Definition: Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.

Descriptor UI: D000342

Alternative terms: Affective Symptoms; Affective Symptom; Symptom, Affective; Symptoms, Affective; Alexithymia; Alexithymias; Emotional Disturbances; Disturbance, Emotional; Disturbances, Emotional; Emotional Disturbance;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.100;

Online Note: use AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS to search AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

History Note: 81; was AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

Technical Notes: human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: read MeSH definitions & follow text