Affective Disorders in Mentally Retarded Adolescents —Report of Two Cases with Lithium Treatment— |
| |
| Authors: | Kazuhiko Fukuda MD Toshikuni Etoh MD Teruo Okuma MD |
| |
| Institution: | Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai;National Musashi Psychiatric Institute, Tokyo |
| |
| Abstract: | Abstract: Two cases of moderately retarded adolescents with affective disorders have been treated for nine and five years, respectively. Rapid cycling episodes were seen in early adolescence and a long duration of episodes appeared in late adolescence. A two-year lithium therapy was able to control them fairly well but did not work as a prophylaxis. Lithium carbonate induced polydipsia or personality change. |
| |
| Keywords: | affective disorders mental retardation adolescence lithium therapy polydipsia rapid cycling episodes |
|
