Risperidone does not have antidepressant effects and can be used in small doses for some psychomotor depression.
Risperidone is a new type of antipsychotic drug, mainly used for acute and chronic schizophrenia and various other psychotic states. Such as obvious positive symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, hostility, suspicion) and obvious negative symptoms (such as unresponsiveness, emotional and social apathy, and oligophrenia). It may also reduce affective symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
Risperidone has no clear therapeutic indication for depression and can be used in small doses to improve delayed symptoms only in patients with significant psychomotor inhibition, in addition to antidepressants.
Depression treatment mainly uses antidepressant drugs, currently more commonly used for SSRI class (sertraline, paroxetine, escitalopram, etc.), SNRI class (venlafaxine, duloxetine), tricyclic antidepressant drugs and so on.
Once the symptoms of depression, should promptly go to the hospital, clear diagnosis, under the guidance of the doctor reasonable use of antidepressant drugs.