A Comparison of Lithium Carbonate and Chlorpromazine in Mania

STANLEY R. PLATMANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.3.351

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Thirteen manic patients were treated with lithium carbonate and ten manic patients with chlorpromazine in a double-blind, randomly selected drug trial. Lithium carbonate proved superior to chlorpromazine on all six parameters selected from an objective rating scale. The author discusses the problems militating against a valid research trial utilizing these medications in this type of patient.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 3 • September 1970

Pages: 351 - 353

PubMed: 4917856

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Published in print: September 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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STANLEY R. PLATMAN

Acting deputy director, South Beach Psychiatric Center, 600 Albany Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11203, and associate professor of psychiatry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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A Comparison of Lithium Carbonate and Chlorpromazine in Mania

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