Titlebook: Current Trends in Lithium and Rubidium Therapy; Proceedings of an In Giovanni Umberto Corsini Conference proceedings 1984 MTP Press Limited

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t on the mechanism of action and to improve therapeutic use. This book. based on the proceedings of the "International Meeting on Lithium and Rubidium Therapy" held in Venice from September 30th to October 2nd 1983. is devoted to current trends in the pharmacology and clinical aspects of lithium and

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28295-0d found that 9.6 per cent of these patients had switched from depression to mania or hypomania during the treatment (1). Recently it was reported that the frequency of drug-induced switches is much greater in bipolar than in unipolar patients (2).

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Lithium dosage and prophylaxis. A double-blind controlled studyd in both unipolar and bipolar patients..It was concluded that a once-a-day dosage with a sustained release lithium preparation that maintained a 12-hour plasma level of about 0.6 mmol/1 is both more effective and produces less side effects than does conventional dosages.

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Practical value of biological and physchological indicators in predicting response to lithium prophythought to be a heterogeneous condition from a biological point of view, the identification of specific features of lithium responsive and non-responsive patients would be also of theoretical interest, bringing to further understanding of the pathophysiology of the illness.

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Outcome to treatment with lithium in affective patients and family historyifferentiate between biologically/biochemically different forms of Affective Disorders. In fact, behind their clinical and phenomenological homogeneity, Affective Disorders may well be etiologically and hence genetically distinct.