Plasma lithium level and interepisode functioning in bipolar disorder
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 142 (6), 761-762
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.6.761
Abstract
There were no differences in interepisode functioning or side effects between bipolar patients (N = 44) with plasma Li levels above the median and those with levels below the median. Low levels were able to stabilize mood and individual symptoms for 40.5 mo.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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