Potential control of risperidone-related cognitive deficits by adjunctive aripiprazole treatment

Authors

Chang-Hua Hu, University of Wollongong
Nagesh Pai, University of WollongongFollow
Xu-Feng Huang, University of WollongongFollow
Chao Deng, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

35196

Publication Details

Hu, C., Pai, N. Brahmavar., Huang, X. & Deng, C. (2011). Potential control of risperidone-related cognitive deficits by adjunctive aripiprazole treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31 (1), 135-136.

Abstract

We have read with great interest Uchida and colleagues’ paper in your journal (2009; 29: 571–576), which reported that a high dosage of risperidone had a negative impact on cognition in older patients with schizophrenia. This finding is consistent with that of a previous study of a younger patient group showing that schizophrenia patients under high antipsychotic dosage have poor cognitive function performance....