Treatment of periodic depression with carbamazepine
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 77 (3) , 364-367
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb05137.x
Abstract
ABSTRACT— A case of periodic depression treated prophylactically with carbamazepine for over 10 years is reported. Recurrence of depressive episode was completely inhibited during the carbamazepine treatment and depressive relapses occurred 2 to 4 months after the discontinuation of carbamazepine treatment. No notable side effect was found during the treatment.Keywords
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