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The Prognosis of Depression in Old Age: The Case for Lithium Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. T. Abou-Saleh  and
A. Coppen
M. T. Abou-Saleh
Affiliation:
MRC Neuropsychiatry Research Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
A. Coppen
Affiliation:
MRC Neuropsychiatry Research Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 527 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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