methylphenidate Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:58:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 methylphenidate Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Stimulants and Geriatric Depression https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/stimulants-and-geriatric-depression/ Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:45:50 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8901 Stimulants and Geriatric Depression May be Underused. A well designed study showed that adding methylphenidate (Ritalin and others) to citalopram (Celexa) improve the likelihood of complete remission from depression in older patients. In general older depressed patients are more likely to have some cognitive impairment and are less likely to respond to antidepressants. A number of reports suggests that adding stimulants to antidepressants can ...

The post Stimulants and Geriatric Depression appeared first on Gateway Psychiatric.

]]> 8901 Treatment of Fatigue in Patients with Depression or Bipolar https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/treatment-of-fatigue-in-patients-with-depression-or-bipolar/ Tue, 26 Aug 2014 06:08:27 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=7944 Treatment of depression in patients with depression or bipolar is often complicated. If medications are prescribed, will they make mood symptoms worse, or have other significant adverse effects? And yet fatigue is common in people with a history of depression (it occurs in up to 10% of the general population and is much more common in women, who have a ...

The post Treatment of Fatigue in Patients with Depression or Bipolar appeared first on Gateway Psychiatric.

]]> 7944