What do patients in a lithium outpatient clinic know about lithium therapy?

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-324

  Schaub, R T ^a   Berghoefer, A ^a   Muller Oerlinghausen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Lithium; Mood disorders; Patient education

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOIDISM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034789199     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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