Long-term outcome and mortality of treated versus untreated bipolar and depressed patients: A preliminary report

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Angst, Jules ^a   Sellaro, Robert ^a   Angst, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Long term medication; Mortality; Neuroleptics; Suicides; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031864752     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509809115343     Document Type: Article

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