Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr
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Diagnostic approaches to depression have been changed during last decades. The criteria of a depressive episode have become more formalized but too broad. ⋯ It is making possible to reveal a lot of typical and atypical depressive conditions, and to offer an aid for many people with mental health problems. At the same time, the absence of the strict clinical criteria didn't allow to "translate" modern instrumental findings into scientific understanding of depression and, further on, into practice.
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Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr · Jan 2012
[Complex therapy of idiopathic forms of epilepsy with small doses of valproates and levetiracetam].
A combination of valproates in dose 15-25 mg per day and levetiracetam in dose 20-25 mg per day was used in the treatment of 23 patients with different forms of epilepsy (juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, convulsive idiopathic generalized epilepsy and children absence epilepsy). The use of these drugs was effective in all forms of epilepsy. There were positive changes in the frequency of seizures and epileptic activity in the EEG.
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Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr · Jan 2012
[Valdoxan (agomelatine) in combined therapy of moderate and severe non-psychotic depressions].
According to data received from the study VREMYA, the combined therapy of moderate and severe non-psychotic depressions with Valdoxane and antidepressants of other pharmacological groups is effective and doesn't cause serious adverse events. These findings suggested using the indicated combination of antidepressants in treatment of resistant affective disorders.