Sodium Valproate as an Antidepressant
- 2 January 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 160 (1) , 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.160.1.121
Abstract
A patient with chronic depression responded to treatment for her major depressive episodes, but was left with a dysthymia which was eventually relieved by anticonvulsants. Sodium valproate may be of use in a range of affective disorders.Keywords
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