[HTML][HTML] Prevention of suicide by clozapine in mental disorders: systematic review

VG Masdrakis, DS Baldwin - European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Previous research has investigated the efficacy of clozapine in reducing
suicidality in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. We aimed to …

Unique effects of clozapine: a pharmacological perspective

JY Khokhar, AM Henricks, EDK Sullivan… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a heterogenous and severe neuropsychiatric disorder that affects nearly
1% of the population worldwide. Antipsychotic drugs are the mainstay of treatment, but not …

Mortality and self-harm in association with clozapine in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

T Wimberley, JH MacCabe… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: This study evaluated rates of all-cause mortality and self-harm in association with
clozapine treatment in individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Method: A …

mTORC1 inhibitor effects on rapid ketamine-induced reductions in suicidal ideation in patients with treatment-resistant depression

LA Averill, CL Averill, R Gueorguieva, S Fouda… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Suicide is a public health crisis with limited treatment options. Ketamine has demonstrated
rapid and robust improvements in suicidal ideation (SI). The parent study for the secondary …

Clozapine: an updated overview of pharmacogenetic biomarkers, risks, and safety—particularities in the context of COVID-19

AM Dragoi, I Radulescu, BA Năsui, AL Pop, VN Varlas… - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: clozapine (CLZ) use is precarious due to its neurological, cardiovascular, and
hematological side effects; however, it is the gold standard in therapy-resistant …

Risk of clozapine-associated agranulocytosis and mandatory white blood cell monitoring: can the regulations be relaxed?

PFJ Schulte, SRT Veerman, B Bakker… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - Elsevier
After the introduction of clozapine eight Finnish patients died after developing
agranulocytosis. Clozapine was withdrawn from the market and only reintroduced with strict …

Clozapine and its protective effect on all-cause, natural, and suicide mortality in patients with schizophrenia: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

WY Chen, PH Chen, CH Pan, SS Su, SY Tsai… - Schizophrenia …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aim Clozapine is indicated as the last-line agent for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia
due to its side effects. This study included an Asian schizophrenia population and …

Clozapine and mortality: a comparison with other antipsychotics in a nationwide Danish cohort study

Y van der Zalm, L Foldager… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare the mortality in people using clozapine to that of people using other
antipsychotics. Methods Danish incidence cohort of 22,110 patients with a first diagnosis of …

Clozapine in reducing aggression and violence in forensic populations

K Patchan, G Vyas, AL Hackman, M Mackowick… - Psychiatric quarterly, 2018 - Springer
Popular media often portray people with a mental illness as being aggressive, violent, and
incarcerated as a result of their behavior. Despite exaggeration in the media, risks for some …

Reasons for clozapine discontinuation in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia

A Ucok, EA Yağcıoğlu, M Yıldız, SU Kaymak… - Psychiatry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although clozapine is more effective than other antipsychotics in the treatment of
schizophrenia, the rate of its discontinuation is also high. The aim of this retrospective chart …