Double-Blind Comparison of Addition of a Second Mood Stabilizer Versus an Antidepressant to an Initial Mood Stabilizer for Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression

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L. Trevor Young · Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital

Russell T. Joffe

Abstract

Both treatments appeared to be effective; however, the addition of an antidepressant may have greater clinical utility in the treatment of bipolar depression.

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Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Treatment of Major Depression

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Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 157, Issue 1, pp. 124-126

DOI: 10.1176/ajp.157.1.124

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Double-Blind Comparison of Addition of a Second Mood Stabilizer Versus an Antidepressant to an Initial Mood Stabilizer for Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression

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