2009
Neuroplasticity as a target for the pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia
Krystal JH, Tolin DF, Sanacora G, Castner SA, Williams GV, Aikins DE, Hoffman RE, D'Souza DC. Neuroplasticity as a target for the pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia. Drug Discovery Today 2009, 14: 690-697. PMID: 19460458, PMCID: PMC2898127, DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2009.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric disordersSymptomatic reliefMood disordersAnxiety disordersNeuroplasticity deficitsCurrent pharmacotherapyUnderlying abnormalityCurrent treatmentPsychiatric treatmentNeuroplasticityDisordersPharmacotherapyTreatmentExciting new findingsSchizophreniaReliefAbnormalitiesNeurodevelopmentNew findingsPrevention
1999
Toward a rational pharmacotherapy of comorbid substance abuse in schizophrenic patients
Krystal J, D'Souza D, Madonick S, Petrakis I. Toward a rational pharmacotherapy of comorbid substance abuse in schizophrenic patients. Schizophrenia Research 1999, 35: s35-s49. PMID: 10190224, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(98)00162-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenic patientsSubstance abuseTerms of rehospitalizationComorbid substance abuseExacerbation of symptomsHealth care expensesSelf-medication hypothesisBetter prognosisMedical illnessPharmacotherapeutic approachesRational pharmacotherapyNonschizophrenic populationsPatientsVocational functionIllicit substancesCare expensesAbuseVulnerability hypothesisRehospitalizationExacerbationMedicationsPharmacotherapyPrognosisPsychostimulantsIllness