LI 160, an extract of St. John's wort, versus amitriptyline in mildly to moderately depressed outpatients--a controlled 6-week clinical trial.
- D. Wheatley
- Psychology, MedicinePharmacopsychiatry
- 1 September 1997
LI 160 was clearly superior to amitriptyline, particularly in relation to anticholinergic and Central Nervous System adverse events, and could confer an advantage in improving compliance for antidepressant pharmacotherapy.
Mirtazapine: efficacy and tolerability in comparison with fluoxetine in patients with moderate to severe major depressive disorder. Mirtazapine-Fluoxetine Study Group.
- D. Wheatley, M. V. van Moffaert, L. Timmerman, C. Kremer
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of Clinical Psychiatry
- 15 June 1998
It was found that mirtazapine was as well tolerated as fluoxetine and significantly more effective after 3 and 4 weeks of therapy.
Medicinal plants for insomnia: a review of their pharmacology, efficacy and tolerability
- D. Wheatley
- PsychologyJournal of Psychopharmacology
- 1 July 2005
There is a need for longer-term controlled studies with some of these compounds (particularly valerian) and aromatherapy constitutes a tantalising possibility, but how practical a form of treatment this may be remains to be determined.
Triple‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial of Ginkgo biloba in sexual dysfunction due to antidepressant drugs
- D. Wheatley
- Psychology, MedicineHuman psychopharmacology
- 1 December 2004
A triple‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled, trial of Ginkgo biloba 240 mg daily was carried out with some spectacular individual responses in both groups, but no statistically significant differences, and no differences in side‐effects.
Clinical sleep patterns in human immune virus infection
- D. Wheatley, Kitty Smith
- Medicine, Psychology
- 1 March 1994
The results showed that the HIV patients had significantly more sleep disturbance than the matched controls, with resultant implications for improving quality of life in this respect.
Hypericum in seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
- D. Wheatley
- Medicine, PsychologyCurrent Medical Research and Opinion
- 1999
There were no significant between-group differences on any measure except that improvement in sleep was greater in the Kira + light group, and Hypericum would appear to be an effective treatment for SAD.
Kava and Valerian in the treatment of stress‐induced insomnia
- D. Wheatley
- PsychologyPhytotherapy Research
- 1 September 2001
These compounds may be useful in the treatment of stress and insomnia but further studies are required to determine their relative roles for such indications.
The Stress Profile
- D. Wheatley
- PsychologyBritish Journal of Psychiatry
- 1 May 1990
The Stress Profile consists of a number of questionnaires which have been developed to assess the severity of stress in nine areas of life: social habits, social relationships, life events, sexual…
Influence of doctors' and patients' attitudes in the treatment of neurotic illness.
- D. Wheatley
- Medicine, PsychologyThe Lancet
- 25 November 1967
STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
- D. Wheatley
- Psychology
- 1 July 1997
The acute response to stress is embodied in the ‘fight or flight reaction’, inducing a state of anxiety. When stress is long-continued, depression may develop insidiously under the cloak of…
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