Adjunctive lithium treatment in the prevention of suicidal behavior in patients with depression and comorbid personality disorders

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 300-303

  Rombold, Felicitas ^a   Lauterbach, Eric ^b   Felber, Werner ^c   Mueller Oerlinghausen, Bruno ^a   Ahrens, Bernd ^b   Bronisch, Thomas ^d   Kilb, Birgit ^b   Lewitzka, Ute ^c   Richter, Kneginja ^e   Broocks, Andreas ^f   Heuser, Isabella ^a   Hohagen, Fritz ^b   Quante, Arnim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^f HELIOS KLINIKEN SCHWERIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Lithium; Major depression; Personality disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NARCISSISM; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG COMBINATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910055850     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2014.940052     Document Type: Article

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