Drug treatment of mania: A critical review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 387-397

  Licht, R W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Antipsychotic agents; Benzodiazepines; Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Manic disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; VALPROIC ACID;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031813077     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10020.x     Document Type: Review

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