Lithium alone or in combination with carbamazepine for the treatment of rapid‐cycling bipolar affective disorder

E. Di Costanzo, F. Schifano

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)456-459
Number of pages4
JournalActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Volume83
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1991

Keywords

  • bipolar affective disorder
  • carbamazepine
  • lithium
  • rapid cycling

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