Lithium Therapy in Aggressive Mentally Subnormal Patients
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Lithium therapy in aggressive mentally subnormal patients.
In a series of fifteen aggressive mentally subnormal patients treated with lithium carbonate, there was an improvement in aggressive behaviour in eleven cases, three patients showed no change and one patient became worse during lithium treatment. The response to lithium therapy was assessed by clinical observation and retrospective analysis of daily ward reports. Treatment had to be discontinue...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000022856