Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 155-157, 30 May 2007

Blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety in schizophrenia

  • Mark H. Townsend

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States. Tel.: +1 504 897 8558; fax: +1 504 897 3427.
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  • Margaret B. Baier

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • ,
  • Jonathan E. Becker

      Affiliations

    • LSUHSC, New Orleans, USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Ritchie

      Affiliations

    • Solutions Psychiatric Associates, Los Gatos, California, USA

Received 23 March 2005; received in revised form 17 November 2005; accepted 4 September 2006.

Abstract 

Anxiety may worsen outcome in psychotic disorders. We assessed anxiety in 44 acutely psychotic subjects and found a positive association with heart rate and blood pressure. Risperidone treatment reduced anxiety but increased heart rate. We concluded that anxiety may adversely affect cardiovascular status in schizophrenia, but the anxiolytic effect of risperidone is not straightforward.

Keywords: Hemodynamic, Outcomes, Risperidone

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00276-9

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 155-157, 30 May 2007

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