Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders, Other Mental Deseases

Table:Brand Names, with Patent Expiration Dates - - Current Use - - Benefit of Generic

Zyprexa
(olanzapine)
October 2011
Seroquel
(quetiapine)
April 2012

Zyprexa and Seroquel are effective for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness study (CATIE) showed that there are not substantial differences between these drugs and the others in their class, but patients may [...]

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Conversion disorder is characterized by a major change in or loss of physical functioning, although no medical findings are found to account for the physical symptoms or deficits (see Table 7.5). The symptoms are not intentionally produced. The person is not malingering. The physical symptoms usually come on suddenly in stressful situations. A soldier’s hand [...]