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Treatment of periodic depression with carbamazepine
Author(s) -
Kobayashi T.,
Kishimoto A.,
Inagaki T.
Publication year - 1988
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.1600-0447.1988.tb05137.x
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , depression (economics) , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , epilepsy , economics , macroeconomics
— A case of periodic depression treated prophylactically with carbamazepine for over 10 years is reported. Recurrence of depressive episode was completely inhibited during the carbamazepine treatment and depressive relapses occurred 2 to 4 months after the discontinuation of carbamazepine treatment. No notable side effect was found during the treatment.