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Lithium versus carbamazepine in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorders - a randomised study
Waldemar Greil,W. Ludwig-Mayerhofer,Natalia Erazo,C. Schöchlin,S. Schmidt,Rolf R. Engel,Adelheid Czernik,Henner Giedke,B. Müller-Oerlinghausen,Michael Osterheider,G.A.E. Rudolf,Heinrich Sauer,J. Tegeler,T. Wetterling +13 more
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Lithium seems to be superior to carbamazepine in maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder, in particular when applying broader outcome criteria including psychotropic comedication and severe side effects.About:
This article is published in Journal of Affective Disorders.The article was published on 1997-04-01. It has received 245 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Treatment of bipolar disorder & Carbamazepine.read more
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Bias and causal associations in observational research
TL;DR: Readers of medical literature need to consider two types of validity, internal and external: external validity is the ability to generalise from the study to the reader's patients, and internal validity means that the study measured what it set out to.
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Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
Guy M. Goodwin,Peter M. Haddad,I. N. Ferrier,Jeffrey K Aronson,T R H Barnes,Andrea Cipriani,David Coghill,Seena Fazel,John R. Geddes,Heinz Grunze,Emily A. Holmes,Oliver D. Howes,S. Hudson,N. Hunt,Ian Jones,Iain Macmillan,H. McAllister-Williams,D. R. Miklowitz,Richard Morriss,Marcus R. Munafò,Carol Paton,B. J. Saharkian,Kate E. A. Saunders,Julia Sinclair,David Taylor,Eduard Vieta,Allan H. Young +26 more
TL;DR: The British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines specify the scope and targets of treatment for bipolar disorder, and recommend strategies for the use of medicines in short-term treatment of episodes, relapse prevention and stopping treatment.
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Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder (Revision)
Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Charles L. Bowden,Michael J. Gitlin,Paul E. Keck,Roy H. Perlis,Trisha Suppes,Michael E. Thase,Karen Dineen Wagner +7 more
TL;DR: This guideline is more than 5 years old and has not yet been updated to Ensure that it reflects current knowledge and practice, and can no longer be assumed to be current.
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A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled 12-Month Trial of Divalproex and Lithium in Treatment of Outpatients With Bipolar I Disorder
Charles L. Bowden,Joseph R. Calabrese,Susan L. McElroy,Laszlo Gyulai,Adel A. Wassef,Frederick Petty,Harrison G. Pope,James C.-Y. Chou,Paul E. Keck,Linda J. Rhodes,Alan C. Swann,Robert M. A. Hirschfeld,Patricia Wozniak +12 more
TL;DR: Divalproex was superior to lithium in longer duration of successful prophylaxis in the study and less deterioration in depressive symptoms and Global Assessment Scale scores, and patients treated with divalproEx had better outcomes than those treated with placebo or lithium on several secondary outcome measures.
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A Placebo-Controlled 18-Month Trial of Lamotrigine and Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Recently Manic or Hypomanic Patients With Bipolar I Disorder
Charles L. Bowden,Joseph R. Calabrese,Gary S. Sachs,Lakshmi N. Yatham,Shaheen Asghar,Magne Hompland,Paul Montgomery,N. Earl,Tonya M. Smoot,Joseph DeVeaugh-Geiss +9 more
TL;DR: Both lamotrigine and lithium were superior to placebo for the prevention of relapse or recurrence of mood episodes in patients with bipolar I disorder who had recently experienced a manic or hypomanic episode.
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