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Lithium and suicide prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

B. Müller-Oerlinghausen ,
P. Grof  and
M. Schou
B. Müller-Oerlinghausen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Research Group of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Freie Universität Berlin, Eschenallee 3, 14050 Berlin, Germany
P. Grof
Affiliation:
Health Care Group, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIZ7 K4
M. Schou
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, 8240 Risskov, Denmark
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 1 , July 1999 , pp. 90 - 91
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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