Self-reported adherence to treatment with mood stabilizers, plasma levels, and psychiatric hospitalization

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1927-1929

  Scott, Jan ^a   Pope, Marie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036844184     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.11.1927     Document Type: Article

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