[Results of the use of lithium to prevent recurrence of affective psychosis].

Abstract

The efficacy of lithium treatment in preventing relapse in phasal psychoses was tested by the re-examination of 99 patients at a Dresden clinic whose treatment had on average exceeded ten years. Results and progress were compared with those of patients starting treatment since the introduction of the lithium treatment in the year 1979. Phase or subphase frequency and duration, conditions of treatment, suicide attempts, unfitness for work, and registration as a disabled person were among the aspects considered.

• Authors: E Lange, W Heisig, W Felber, L König
• Journal: Psychiatrie, Neurologie, und medizinische Psychologie (Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz)) Vol. 41 Issue 8 Pg. 476-84 (Aug 1989) ISSN: 0033-2739 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Ergebnisse der Lithium-Rezidivprophylaxe affektiver Psychosen.
• PMID: 2813609 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Lithium

Topics

• Bipolar Disorder (prevention & control, psychology)
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Humans
• Lithium (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Recurrence