Quetiapine in the treatment of acute mania

Psychiatrische Praxis
Peter Bräunig

Abstract

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic that has shown efficacy in the treatment of positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia without causing extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). To date, there are two monotherapy and two combination therapy studies with a double blind, placebo-controlled design on the use of quetiapine in mania. Several open studies and case reports support the results of the controlled trials suggesting that quetiapine is effective in treating the broad spectrum of manic symptoms and is tolerated well.

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