Prophylactic lithium in affective disorders. Controlled trial

MeSH terms

• Administration, Oral
• Adult
• Affective Symptoms / prevention & control*
• Aged
• Analysis of Variance
• Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
• Carbonates / therapeutic use
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Depression / drug therapy
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Female
• Hospitalization
• Hospitals, Psychiatric
• Humans
• Length of Stay
• Lithium / administration & dosage
• Lithium / blood
• Lithium / therapeutic use*
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Placebos
• Recurrence
• Time Factors