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Rapid Response to Lithium in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter R. Joyce ,
H. Robyn Hewland  and
Arthur V. Jones
Peter R. Joyce
Affiliation:
Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
H. Robyn Hewland
Affiliation:
Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
Arthur V. Jones
Affiliation:
Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 2 , February 1983 , pp. 204 - 206
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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