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Anticonvulsants as mood stabilisers
Recent research has highlighted the fact that a significant number of patients with bipolar affective disorder have a poor outcome (Cole et al, 1993). The most common poor outcome is the development of rapid or ultra-rapid cycling, but mixed states, prolonged depression and severe mania are also associated with poor outcome. It is estimated that approximately one-third of patients with bipolar ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1355-5146,1472-1481
DOI: 10.1192/apt.5.2.96