A survey of prescribing practice of antipsychotic maintenance treatment for manic-depressive outpatients

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Verdoux, Hélène ^a,c   Gonzales, Bruno ^a   Takei, Noriyoshi ^b   Bourgeois, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie   (France)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Antipsychotic; Bipolar disorder; Prescribing practice; Psychotic feature

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029894697     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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