Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018
Effect of Risperidone and Clozapine on Executive Functions in First Episode Schizophrenia
Dr. Ajeet Sidana, Dr. B. S. Chavan, Dr. Sukhtej Sahni
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Aims: To compare the effect of risperidone and cloazpine on executive functioning in treatment naïve first episode schizophrenia. Methods: A total of 55 treatment naïve first episode patients of schizophrenia as per ICD–10 criteria, were enrolled for the study. Baseline assessment for executive functioning was carried out with TMT– A & B. Clozapine and risperidone were used in the range of 200–600mg/ day and 4–8 mg/day respectively for 6 months. Results: There was significant improvement in executive functioning in both the groups and the results were statistically significant for clozapine on TMT–B. Conclusion: The findings of current study show that both risperidone and clozapine lead to improvement in executive functioning in first episode of schizophrenia and clozapine fared better than risperidone.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr. Ajeet Sidana, Dr. B. S. Chavan, Dr.Sukhtej Sahni, Effect of Risperidone and Clozapine on Executive Functions in First Episode Schizophrenia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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Dr. Ajeet Sidana, Dr. B. S. Chavan, Dr.Sukhtej Sahni, Effect of Risperidone and Clozapine on Executive Functions in First Episode Schizophrenia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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