[Atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of depression in affective disorders and schizophrenia (using the aripiprazole model)]. / Atipichnye antipsikhotiki pri terapii depressii v ramkakh affektivnykh rasstroistv i shizofrenii (na modeli aripiprazola).

The review discusses aspects of the use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of depression in affective disorders and schizophrenia using the model of aripiprazole, a partial agonist of dopamine receptors. According to numerous studies, aripiprazole is the drug of choice for augmentative therapy of major depressive disorder, as well as for relieving and long-term maintenance monotherapy and combination therapy of various affective episodes of bipolar affective disorder and depression in schizophrenia.