Objective: To assess the effectiveness of aripiprazole in the treatment of patients with psychotic symptoms in the emergency psychiatric setting.
Subjects And Methods: We considered all patients admitted to a psychiatric intensive care unit of a general hospital in a two year-period, treated with at least one dose of aripiprazole. We measured 1) the rate of cases starting aripiprazole who did not change antipsychotic in the course of hospitalization; 2) the rate of cases who were concurrently treated with another antipsychotic; 3) the CGI Improvement score.
Results: In 63 cases, aripiprazole was started on admission. Forty-nine (77.7%) of these cases were treated with aripiprazole also on discharge. Among the 63 cases who started aripiprazole on admission, 22 (34.9%) were concurrently treated with another antipsychotic. Among the 53 cases discharged with aripiprazole, 15 (28.3%) were concurrently treated with another antipsychotic. Of the 49 cases treated with aripiprazole both on admission and on discharge, 24 cases were much improved, 11 cases moderately improved, 10 cases mildly improved, and 4 cases were not improved at the CGI Improvement Score.
Conclusions: Aripiprazole should be considered as first line treatment in some patients affected by psychotic disorders visited in the emergency psychiatric setting.
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