LITHIUM PROPHYLAXIS AND INTEREPISODE MOOD - A PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON OF EUTHYMIC BIPOLARS AND NONPATIENT CONTROLS

被引:6
作者
BOUMAN, TK [1 ]
DEVRIES, J [1 ]
KOOPMANS, IH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GRONINGEN, ACAD HOSP, DEPT CLIN PSYCHIAT, 9713 EZ GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS
关键词
LITHIUM PROPHYLAXIS; INTEREPISODE MOOD; NORMALS; BIPOLARS;
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10.1016/0165-0327(92)90068-H
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
The mood stabilizing effect of lithium prophylaxis was investigated in a longitudinal design. Eighteen euthymic bipolar outpatients using lithium and 20 non-patient controls completed 13 weekly mood ratings. Groups did not differ in biographical characteristics and pre-test manic and depressive symptomatology. Apart from a higher mean happiness rating in the patient group, no statistically significant differences were found on most mood scores between groups, nor was there a group difference in variability over time. It is concluded that lithium prophylaxis does not have an extreme mood normalizing effect in well-controlled bipolars.
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页码:199 / 206
页数:8
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