Antidepressant-Induced Mood Conversions in Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Study of Tricyclic versus Non-Tricyclic Antidepressant Drugs
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Antidepressant-induced mood conversions in bipolar disorder: a retrospective study of tricyclic versus non-tricyclic antidepressant drugs.
OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was an analysis of antidepressant-induced mood conversions to mania/hypomania occurring in bipolar inpatients treated with antidepressants in the Affective Disorder Unit of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, in the years 1972-1996. METHODS The data for analysis were obtained retrospectively from clinical records. In a subgroup of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychobiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0302-282X,1423-0224
DOI: 10.1159/000202824