Is the depressive patient under adequate pharmacological treatment fit for driving?

Author(s)
Gerhard, U & Hobi, V.
Year
Abstract

The sedative effects of antidepressants found in acute trials with healthy subjects leads to impairment of vigilance and attention. Studies with depressive patients over a period of two months suggest minor deficits in comparison with healthy untreated controls due either to depressive disturbance, treatment with antidepressants or the antagonistic interaction of illness and medication.

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Library number
B 25318 (In: B 25301) /83.4/ IRRD 801393
Source

In: Drugs and driving : proceedings of the first international symposium on prescription drugs and driving performance, Vinkeveen, The Netherlands, 25-28 June 1984, p. 221-230, 2 graph., 2 tab.

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