Lithium prophylaxis of tricyclic-antidepressant-induced mania in bipolar patients

M. W. Jann; A. H. Bitar; A. Rao

doi:10.1176/ajp.139.5.683

Lithium prophylaxis of tricyclic-antidepressant-induced mania in bipolar patients

M. W. Jann, A. H. Bitar, A. Rao

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The authors reviewed the charts of 30 bipolar patients taking lithium who were treated with tricyclic antidepressants; 12 experienced a switch from depression to hypomania or mania. The correlation between low serum lithium levels and switch to mania was statistically significant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	683-684
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	139
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.5.683
State	Published - 1982

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Lithium prophylaxis of tricyclic-antidepressant-induced mania in bipolar patients

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