Diagnosis and Lithium Treatment of Affective Disorder in the Retarded: Five Case Studies

Timothy M. Rivinus, M.D., and Jerold S. HarmatzAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136, Number 4B

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.1979.136.4b.551

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The authors report on five institutionalized retarded patients who had symptoms strongly suggestive of manic-depressive illness and who showed significant symptom reduction in a single-blind placebocontrolled three-year trial of lithium. The number of illness episodes was reduced, and symptoms decreased in all major illness dimensions. These findings indicate that major affective disorder can be both diagnosed and treated in individuals with primary mental retardation.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136 • Number 4B • April 1979

Pages: 551 - 554

PubMed: 426142

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Received: 19 September 1977

Accepted: 10 January 1978

Published in print: April 1979

Published online: 24 April 2020

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Timothy M. Rivinus, M.D.

Dr. Rivinus is Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass. 02115. Mr. Harmatz is Associate in Psychiatry (Psychology), Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, Mass.

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Jerold S. Harmatz

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Diagnosis and Lithium Treatment of Affective Disorder in the Retarded: Five Case Studies

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