title: Predictors of interepisode symptoms and relapse in affective disorder patients treated with lithium carbonate.
abstract: For 98 affective disorder patients receiving lithium prophylaxis for a mean of 45 months, number of interepisode symptoms correlated with relapse rate. Response to prophylaxis appeared highly determined by prelithium frequency of episodes and duration of lithium treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium