Sexual side-effects of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs
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Sexual side-effects of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Psychotropic-related sexual dysfunction is a quite frequent issue in clinical practice, mainly in chronic treatments affecting both quality of life and compliance. RECENT FINDINGS In the last decade fortunately antidepressants and antipsychotic compounds have been deeply screened in order to identify sexual adverse events that were commonly underdiagnosed and previously unde...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1355-5146,1472-1481
DOI: 10.1192/apt.9.3.202