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Efficacy of Lithium Prophylaxis in Clinical Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. R. Markar  and
A. J. Mander
H. R. Markar*
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, formerly Registrar, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
A. J. Mander
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
*
∗Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB1 5EF
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Abstract

The efficacy of lithium prophylaxis in bipolar affective disorder in clinical practice was investigated. Comparison was made between 41 patients who were prescribed prophylactic lithium after two admissions in two years or three admissions in five years and a group of patients who did not receive lithium. The benefits conferred by the prescription of this drug were modest compared with the results from clinical trials.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 496 - 500
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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