Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
psychotic depression
Psychotic depression treatment
Patients with psychotic depression are the most severely depressed, and they respond poorly to antidepressants alone. Two treatments are effective: combined use of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs, and electroconvulsive therapy. Combining some of the newer antidepressants, particularly the SSRIs, with antipsychotics should be done with caution as inhibition of the liver cytochrome enzymes can raise […]
Tags: depression, psychotic depression, treatment
Posted in mental health care | No Comments »