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10621946

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
1. Bipolar disorder is typically a chronic disease entailing an episodes course, whereby psychiatric status alternates between periods of normal functioning and periods of illness. Lithium is well established and approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder. However, its efficacy in practice is not as great as expected. This retrospective record study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of lithium in bipolar disorders. 2. 48 patients who met DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria for bipolar I disorder and had been admitted once before lithium therapy and twice or more after that, were included in this study. 3. No significant difference in length between episode (frequency) was observed before and after lithium maintenance therapy. In addition, the percentages of manic episode after lithium therapy were much greater than before that. 4. The results indicate that it is worth re-examining the efficacy of lithium in bipolar disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0278-5846
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1011-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Is it time to have another look at lithium maintenance therapy in bipolar disorder?
pubmed:affiliation
Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. s.akhond@neda.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial