Algorithm for the treatment of rapid cycling

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Yamada, Kazuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Lithium; Rapid cycler; Rapid cycling; Step care approach

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LEVOTHYROXINE; LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0032704884     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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