title: Treatment of mania with carbamazepine and lithium.
abstract: A young manic patient who showed poor response to lithium, neuroleptics and ECT and developed severe cxtrapyramidal side effects restricting the use of neuroleptics in high doses; showed marked clinical improvement with a combination of carbamazepine and lithium with sustained recovery. The case reported to illustrate the possible synergistic action suggested earlier, encouraging the authors to take up a crossover trial.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore 560 029.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Gangadhar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Channabasavanna