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V: A Double-Blind Study of Prophylaxis of Depression in Bipolar Illness

David L. Dunner, MD; Frank Stallone, PhD; Ronald R. Fieve, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1976;33(1):117-120.

Abstract
• The efficacy of lithium carbonate as a prophylactic drug against depression in bipolar manic depressive patients was assessed through a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of patients who had histories of recurrent depressions and hypomanias ("bipolar II"). The results revealed that treatment with lithium carbonate resulted in a reduction in the frequency of hypomanic episodes. However, no reduction in the frequency of depressive attacks was observed with lithium carbonate treatment during the study (mean length of study, approximately 16 months), although there was a suggestion that the depressive attacks that occurred during treatment with lithium carbonate might be less severe than with placebo treatment.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Internal Medicine, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 24, 1975.

Reprint requests to Department of Internal Medicine, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 (Dr Dunner).

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