Assessing treatment response to prophylactic lithium use in patients with bipolar disorder

ABSTRACT Objetive To identify potential clinical and epidemiological predictors of long-term response to lithium treatment. Methods A total of 40 adult outpatients followed in an university hospital, with confirmed diagnosis of bipolar disorder and with history of lithium use for at least a six...

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Main Authors: Luiz Fernando de Almeida Lima e Silva, Júlia Cunha Loureiro, Stephany Caroline Raposo Franco, Marilza de Lima Santos, Rodrigo Secolin, Iscia Lopes-Cendes, Clarissa de Rosalmeida Dantas, Claudio E. M. Banzato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2016-03-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852016000100009&lng=en&tlng=en