Maintenance therapies in bipolar disorder: focus on randomized controlled trials.

OBJECTIVE: Lithium remains the cornerstone of maintenance therapy for bipolar disorder despite growing use of other agents, including divalproex, lamotrigine, carbamazepine and the atypical antipsychotics. Lithium has the largest body of data to support its continued use as a prophylactic agent; how...

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Published in:Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 652 - 662
Main Authors: Muzina DJ, Calabrese JR
Format: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2005
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