Changing prescription patterns for lithium and valproic acid in old age: shifting practice without evidence.
Shulman
Kenneth I
KI
Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5. ken.shulman@sw.ca
Rochon
Paula
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Sykora
Kathy
K
Anderson
Geoffrey
G
Mamdani
Muhammad
M
Bronskill
Susan
S
Tran
Chau T T
CT
D000368:Aged; D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D018692:Antimanic Agents; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D014635:Valproic Acid