Lithium therapy for unipolar and bipolar depression among the middle-aged and older adult patient subpopulation

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 571-576

  Lepkifker, Elie ^a,d   Iancu, Iulian ^a,b,d,e   Horesh, Neta ^a,c,d   Strous, Rael D ^b,d   Kotler, Moshe ^b,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Beer Yaakov Mental Health Hospital   (Israel)

^c SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Lithium; Older adults; Prophylaxis; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHIATRIST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THIRST; THYROID DISEASE; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 37249066695     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20273     Document Type: Article

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