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Sodium Valproate as an Antidepressant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

L. I. Kemp
L. I. Kemp*
Affiliation:
Mid-Kent Rotational Training Scheme in Psychiatry, Maidstone Hospital, Barming, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9QQ
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Abstract

A patient with chronic depression responded to treatment for her major depressive episodes, but was left with a dysthymia which was eventually relieved by anticonvulsants. Sodium valproate may be of use in a range of affective disorders.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 121 - 123
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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