8 citations,
January 2016 in “Case Reports in Psychiatry” Trichotillomania, typically linked to anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, was observed in a patient with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, manifesting eight years into her illness. Despite SSRIs being ineffective, her severe hair-pulling behavior responded to quetiapine 150 mg/day. This case and literature review suggested that trichotillomania in dementia might be due to frontostriatal dysfunction, and dopamine blockade could be more effective than SSRIs in managing this behavior.
December 2006 in “The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update” Second-generation antipsychotics offer no significant benefit over first-generation ones for schizophrenia.
20 citations,
November 2019 in “Biomolecules” Finasteride reduces response to stress and rewards, affecting behavior and mental health.
2 citations,
May 2013 in “The primary care companion for CNS disorders” A teenage girl's excessive hair growth was caused by a medication for mania, but improved after stopping the medication.
26 citations,
September 2018 in “Neurobiology of Disease” Finasteride and dutasteride reduce unwanted movements from Parkinson's disease treatment by normalizing certain brain signals.