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Long-Term Treatment of Elderly Individuals With Emotional Disturbances: An Open Study With Citalopram

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Hans Ragneskog ,
Sture Eriksson ,
Ingvar Karlsson  and
Carl-Gerhard Gottfries
Hans Ragneskog
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Göteborg University, Mölndal, Sweden Department of Nursing, Göteborg College of Health Sciences, Göteborg, Sweden
Sture Eriksson
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Ingvar Karlsson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Göteborg University, Mölndal, Sweden
Carl-Gerhard Gottfries
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Göteborg University, Mölndal, Sweden
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Abstract

In the present open study, the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of citalopram in the treatment of elderly people with emotional disturbances were studied. One hundred twenty-three elderly patients with symptoms of depression-anxiety were included. Most of the patients (76%) were demented. Fifty-two patients completed a 12-month treatment. Irritability, depressed mood, anxiety, restlessness, and fear-panic were significantly reduced. The severity of illness from baseline to Month 9 was rated as significantly improved. The side effects were infrequent and mostly mild.

Type
Studies on Affective Symptoms and Disorders
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 659 - 668
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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