Omega 3 fatty acids in bipolar disorder: A preliminary double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Stoll, Andrew L ^a,b,e   Severus, W Emanuel ^a,c   Freeman, Marlene P ^a,b   Rueter, Stephanie ^a   Zboyan, Holly A ^d   Diamond, Eli ^a   Cress, Kimberly K ^d   Marangell, Lauren B ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENHADEN OIL; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032909325     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.5.407     Document Type: Article

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