Prophylactic lithium treatment and cognitive performance in patients with a long history of bipolar illness: no simple answers in complex disease-treatment interplay

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pfennig, Andrea ^a,h   Alda, Martin ^b,h   Young, Trevor ^c,h   MacQueen, Glenda ^d,h   Rybakowski, Janusz ^e,h   Suwalska, Aleksandra ^e,h   Simhandl, Christian ^f,h   König, Barbara ^f,h   Hajek, Tomas ^b,h   O’Donovan, Claire ^b,h   Wittekind, Dirk ^a   von Quillfeldt, Susanne ^g   Ploch, Jana ^a   Sauer, Cathrin ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f Hospital Neunkirchen   (Austria)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cognition; Lithium

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 84945197931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21947511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40345-014-0016-7     Document Type: Article

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