Lithium revisited: Savings brought about by the use of lithium, 1970-1991

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-166

  Wyatt, Richard Jed ^a   Henter, Ioline D ^a   Jamison, Julian C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cost effectiveness; Lithium; Manic depressive illness; Pharmacoeconomics

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035374788     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010319610021     Document Type: Review

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