Augmentation with antidepressants in schizophrenia treatment: benefit or risk

作者：Mao, Ye-Meng; Zhang, Ming-Dao^*

来源：Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2015, 11: 701-713.

DOI：10.2147/NDT.S62266

• depressive symptoms
• drug-drug interaction
• antipsychotics

We focused on the application of antidepressants in schizophrenia treatment in this review. Augmentation of antidepressants with antipsychotics is a common clinical practice to treat resistant symptoms in schizophrenia, including depressive symptoms, negative symptoms, comorbid obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and other psychotic manifestations. However, recent systematic review of the clinical effects of antidepressants is lacking. In this review, we have selected and summarized current literature on the use of antidepressants in patients with schizophrenia; the patterns of use and effectiveness, as well as risks and drug-drug interactions of this clinical practice are discussed in detail, with particular emphasis on the treatment of depressive symptoms in schizophrenia.

• 出版日期2015
• 单位上海市精神卫生中心; 上海交通大学