ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
Psychopharmacology
;
Doxepin
;
Diazepam
;
Anti-Anxiety
;
Antidepressant
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Doxepin and diazepam were evaluated for therapeutic effectiveness in a double blind study carried out with 69 primarily anxious neurotic outpatients attending either a municipal hospital clinic or a general practitioner's office. Doxepin produced more clinical improvement than diazepam in several questionnaire clusters measuring depressive symptomatology, but not in clusters measuring anxious symptomatology. According to several outcome criteria, doxepin tended to produce more clinical improvement in general practice than in clinic patients, while diazepam produced either equal improvement in both populations or slightly more improvement in the clinic. Possibly contributing to the present results are low daily dosage of diazepam, differential pharmacological drug effects, population differences in levels of anxiety and depression, and differences in population characteristics, primarily as related to social class.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00401681
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