Method of treatment for mental disorders
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a medicament or a method for treating mental disorders, in detail, ADHD comprising lurasidone, or a combination of lurasidone and a D 4 receptor agonist.
1. A method for improving attention function in schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of lurasidone or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof as the sole active ingredient to a mammal in need thereof.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the attention function is attention function in bipolar disorder.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein improving attention function is one or more selected from the group consisting of improving continuous concentration, improving rapid-reaction and improving visual/perceptual seeking.