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The Effectiveness of Lithium in Affective and Schizo-Affective Psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. B. Smulevitch ,
G. I. Zavidovskaya ,
A. L. Igonin  and
N. M. Mikhailova
A. B. Smulevitch
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagorodnoye Shosse 2, Moscow M-152, U.S.S.R.
G. I. Zavidovskaya
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagorodnoye Shosse 2, Moscow M-152, U.S.S.R.
A. L. Igonin
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagorodnoye Shosse 2, Moscow M-152, U.S.S.R.
N. M. Mikhailova
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagorodnoye Shosse 2, Moscow M-152, U.S.S.R.
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Recently, though the value of lithium salts has been supported by a number of careful studies (1–6), it has become increasingly evident that as a preventive of affective and schizoaffective psychoses the use of lithium is far from being universally effective and that it does not always lead to a complete disappearance of phases and attacks (7–8). The most generally held view (9–13) of lithium as a prophylactic drug is that it is of most value in preventing the recurrent affective attacks of patients with manic-depressive psychosis and cyclothymia.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 584 , July 1974 , pp. 65 - 72
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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