Divalproex treatment for youth with explosive temper and mood lability: A double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 818-820

  Donovan, Stephen J ^a   Stewart, Jonathan W ^b   Nunes, Edward V ^b   Quitkin, Frederic M ^b   Parides, Michael ^b   Daniel, William ^b   Susser, Ezra ^b   Klein, Donald F ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0034058016     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.5.818     Document Type: Article

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