Lithium Treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorders under Naturalistic Followup Conditions

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Goldberg, Joseph F ^a,c   Harrow, Martin ^b   Leon, Andrew C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective relapse; Bipolar disorders; Followup studies; Lithium; Manic outcome

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029692913     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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