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J F Chevalier

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PubMed1979

[Iatrogenic depression (author's transl)].

A number of drugs are traditionally blamed for causing depression: in general medicine, the antihypertensives, the oral contraceptives and the appetite suppressants; in psychiatry, the neuroleptics. The identification of iatrogenic depression is difficult methodologically, for two reasons: 1. Detection of the depression. 2. Linking convincingly that state of depression with the administration of a particular drug, given the presence of many non-pharmacological factors. The literature and the experience of clinicians provide fairly contradictory evidence, but an analysis of published work calls for the following observations: --the type and severity of depression are rarely specified;--a history of psychiatric disorder is commonly stressed;--the specific role of the disability caused by physical or mental illness and the need to use palliative rather than curative measures are usually underestimated;--biochemically, it is surprising that the effects which some of these drugs are known to have upon the cerebral amines do not cause more depression of mood. In fact, if we consider how widely the drugs incriminated are used, it is clear that real drug-caused depression is rather uncommon.

Antihypertensive Agents↗
PubMed1976

[Chemotherapy of melancholia by sequential neuroleptic-viloxazine association].

Viloxazine administered as a unique antidepressant may in some cases cause an aggravation of anxiety and agitation or manic states. In order to control this effect, we thought of administering neuroleptics and anxiolytics: 1) Before Viloxazine for a few days. 2) Then during antidepressant treatment. The results were as follow: 1) Quick and efficient upon melancholic states in manic -- depressive psychoses. 2) Irregular and questionable upon other depressions.

Adjustment Disorders↗
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[SPECT and depressive pseudo-dementia. A case report].

The SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), a new advance in medical imagery, allows the measure of cerebral blood flow and could be of interest in studying mental disorders. We report here a case of pseudo-dementia for which a SPECT has been performed before and after treatment. Mrs V., a 49 years old female, has been suffering from a dementia-like syndrome for several months. She is divorced, has two children, lives with a boy-friend, and has been working in a factory for 25 years. The first psychiatric disorders began three years ago with a gradual apragmatism and muteness. A neuroleptic treatment gave no result. One year later, without any reason, Mrs V. recovered a normal way of life. Nevertheless, from time to time, she had some periods of subexcitation. Few months later, she relapsed in her previous state of apragmatism and muteness. During a new hospitalization, neuroleptic treatment is tried again without any success. Mrs V. is then referred to us for medical screening of a dementia syndrome. In the Unit, it is difficult to communicate with her; she looks sad or amimic and has motor stereotypies (like rubbing her feet continuously against the floor). She has polidypsia and glutonny. Neurologic examination is normal, as well as EEG, X Scan, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The Folstein Mini Mental State score is 9/30.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Depressive Disorder↗