Lithium and ECT - Concurrent use still demands attention: Three case reports

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Sartorius, Alexander ^a   Wolf, Joachim ^a,b   Henn, Fritz A ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; ECT; Lithium; Prolonged seizure; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ENALAPRIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; PAROXETINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21244448818     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970510029948     Document Type: Article

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