Providing assessable information on effectiveness of maintenance treatments for bipolar disorder to psychiatrists and patients

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Charles L Bowden. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;18(2):58.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-102014.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA; bowdenc@uthscsa.edu.

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Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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