title: Lithium treatment for cocaine abusers with bipolar spectrum disorders.
abstract: An open trial of lithium carbonate showed little efficacy for 10 cocaine abusers with bipolar spectrum disorders. It may be that the bipolar subgroup of cocaine abusers is heterogeneous and that only a fraction are lithium responsive.
authors.affiliation: Depression Evaluation Service, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wager
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Quitkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium; D003042:Cocaine