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Lithium alone or in combination with carbamazepine for the treatment of rapid‐cycling bipolar affective disorder
Author(s) -
Costanzo E. Di,
Schifano F.
Publication year - 1991
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.1600-0447.1991.tb05575.x
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , rapid cycling , lithium (medication) , bipolar disorder , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , medicine , epilepsy
The authors retrospectively examined the clinical outcome (after 1,2 and 5 years of beginning the therapeutic protocols) for 16 rapid‐cycling bipolar affective disorder patients given either lithium alone or lithium plus carbamazepine. The results suggest that both therapeutic protocols have been safe and clinically effective. However, improvement was observed earlier in the patients given lithium and carbamazepine.