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Attentional improvement following quetiapine fumarate treatment in schizophrenia
K W Sax1, S M Strakowski, P E Keck
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0559, USA. saxkw@email.uc.edu
Abstract:
This study examined changes in attentional performance in patients with schizophrenia during the 2 months after initiating treatment with quetiapine fumarate. Prior to treatment, attentional performance in patients with schizophrenia (n = 10) was significantly (p < 0.01) worse than in matched controls (n = 12). During treatment with quetiapine, performance in patients with schizophrenia improved, and by 2 months, did not differ significantly from that of the controls. These results suggest that quetiapine produces a significant improvement in attentional functioning in patients with schizophrenia.