Lithium for maintenance treatment of mood disorders.
BACKGROUND: Mood disorders are common, disabling and tend to be recurrent. They carry a high risk of suicide. Maintenance treatment, aimed at the prevention of relapse, is therefore of vital importance. Lithium has been used for some years as the mainstay of maintenance treatment in bipolar affectiv...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2001
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