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Lithium therapy in Israel
Author(s) -
Hes J. P.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1976.tb00128.x
Subject(s) - lithium carbonate , lithium therapy , lithium (medication) , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , bipolar disorder , psychotherapist , pediatrics , chemistry , ion , ionic bonding , organic chemistry
Lithium therapy for manic‐depressive patients started in Israel in 1967. A questionnaire survey in 1975 had a response frequency of 50 %. Of the 314 patients diagnosed as manic‐depressives, 239, or 76 %, received lithium carbonate treatment.