A 24-MONTH FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF UNIPOLAR SUBJECTS - A COMPARISON BETWEEN LITHIUM AND FLUVOXAMINE

Authors
FRANCHINI L GASPERINI M SMERALDI E
Citation
L. Franchini et al., A 24-MONTH FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF UNIPOLAR SUBJECTS - A COMPARISON BETWEEN LITHIUM AND FLUVOXAMINE, Journal of affective disorders, 32(4), 1994, pp. 225-231
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of affective disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650327
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
225 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0327(1994)32:4<225:A2FOUS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The authors compared rates of new episodes in a sample of 64 unipolar subjects treated with fluvoxamine (n = 32) and lithium (n = 32) during a follow-up period of 24 months. Unipolar patients on lithium treatme nt had a worse outcome with a higher frequency of new recurrences comp ared with of new recurrences compared with patients on fluvoxamine dur ing the course of preventive treatment.