Editorial: Ion men and their mettle

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1091-1095

  Malhi, Gin S ^a,b   Gershon, Samuel ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GOUT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS;

HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 72749095539     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903279929     Document Type: Editorial

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