Suicide Prevention by Lithium (SUPLI) - Challenges of a multi-center prospective study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Lauterbach, Erik ^a   Ahrens, Bernd ^a   Felber, Werner ^e   Muller Oerlinghausen, Bruno ^c   Kilb, Birgit ^a   Bischof, Gerd ^b   Heuser, Isabella ^b   Werner, Petra ^d   Hawellek, Barbara ^d   Maier, Wolfgang ^d   Lewitzka, Ute ^e   Pogarell, Oliver ^f   Hegerl, Ulrich ^f   Bronisch, Thomas ^g   Richter, Kneginja ^h   Niklewski, Günther ^h   Broocks, Andreas ⁱ   Hohagen, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Arzneimittelkommission der Deutschen Ärzteschaft   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^h KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Carl Friedrich Flemming Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lithium; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 17044365778     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110590512886     Document Type: Article

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