Recent Psychopharmacology Papers of Interest

1. Perroud N, Uher R, Marusic A, Rietschel M, Mors O, Henigsberg N, Hauser J, Maier W, Souery D, Placentino A, Szczepankiewicz A, Jorgensen L, Strohmaier J, Zobel A, Giovannini C, Elkin A, Gunasinghe C, Gray J, Campbell D, Gupta B, Farmer AE, McGuffin P, Aitchison KJ.
Suicidal ideation during treatment of depression with escitalopram and nortriptyline in genome-based therapeutic drugs for depression (GENDEP): a clinical trial. BMC Med. 2009 Oct 15;7:60. PMID: 19832967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article Free
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19832967
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768737
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2. Uher R, Maier W, Hauser J, Marusic A, Schmael C, Mors O, Henigsberg N, Souery D, Placentino A, Rietschel M, Zobel A, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Petrovic A, Jorgensen L, Kalember P, Giovannini C, Barreto M, Elkin A, Landau S, Farmer A, Aitchison KJ, McGuffin P.
Differential efficacy of escitalopram and nortriptyline on dimensional measures of depression.
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;194(3):252-9. Erratum in: Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;195(1):87.
PMID: 19252156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19252156
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3. Aitchison KJ, Basu A, McGuffin P, Craig I.
Psychiatry and the 'new genetics': hunting for genes for behaviour and drug response.
Br J Psychiatry. 2005 Feb;186:91-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 15684228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15684228
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4. Aitchison KJ, Munro J, Wright P, Smith S, Makoff AJ, Sachse C, Sham PC, Murray RM, Collier DA, Kerwin RW.
Failure to respond to treatment with typical antipsychotics is not associated with CYP2D6 ultrarapid hydroxylation.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1999 Sep;48(3):388-94.
PMID: 10510151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article Free text http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10510151
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014339
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BMC Med. 2009 Oct 15;7:60.
PMID: 19832967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article Free text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768737
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5. Keers R, Farmer AE, Aitchison KJ. Extracting a needle from a haystack: reanalysis of whole genome data reveals a readily translatable finding. Psychol Med, published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Feb 2009, doi:10.1017/S0033291708005084.

The abstract and article can be downloaded at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4031716

6. KJ Aitchison, M Bienroth, J Cookson, R Gray, PM Haddad, B Moore, L Ratna, G Sullivan, D Taylor, M Taylor, and GM Goodwin. A UK consensus on the administration of aripiprazole for the treatment of mania. J Psychopharmacol first published on November 14, 2008 as doi:10.1177/0269881108098820

The article can be downloaded at:
http://jop.sagepub.com/pap.dtl

Or the abstract can be found at:
http://jop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0269881108098820v1

7. Mir A, Shivakumar K, Williamson RJ, McAllister VDM, O’Keane V, Aitchison KJ. Change in sexual dysfunction on aripiprazole: a switching or add-on study. J Psychopharmacol 2008; 22; 244 originally published online Feb 28, 2008; DOI: 10.1177/0269881107082901

The full online version of this article can be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881107082901

or abstract at: http://jop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/244

8. Ohlsen RI, Williamson R, Yusufi B, Mullan J, Irving D, Mukherjee S, Page E, Aitchison KJ, Barnes TRE. Interrater reliability of the Antipsychotic Non-Neurological Side-Effects Rating Scale measured in patients treated with clozapine. J Psychopharmacol 2008; 22; 323; DOI: 10.1177/0269881108091069

The online version of this article can be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026988110891069

or abstract at: http://jop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/323
For a copy of the ANNSERS, please contact Professor TRE Barnes or Dr KJ Aitchison.

Conferences of Interest

Annual Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry Meeting (NY, 17-18 April 2009)
International Anxiety Disorders Symposium (Amsterdam, 27-28 May 2009)
Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting (BT Convention Centre, London, 2-5 June 2009)
Access, Availability and Choice – Treating People with Schizophrenia (Education and Training Centre, Royal College of Psychiatry, London, 23 June 2009)
BAP Summer Meeting (Oxford, 26-29 July 2009)
22nd ECNP Congress (Istanbul, 12-16 September 2009)
Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier (Institute of Psychiatry, London, 5-6 November 2009)