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Record 1 2009-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Lithium carbonate is often referred to as an "antimanic" drug, but in many parts of the world it is considered a "mood-stabilizing" agent because of its primary action of preventing mood swings in patients with bipolar affective (manic-depressive) disorder.

CONT

Medications are considered mood stabilizers if they have 2 properties: 1- they provide relief from acute episodes of mania or depression, or prevent them from occurring; and 2- they do not worsen depression or mania or lead to increased cycling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

Le lithium est considéré comme un normothymique; c'est-à-dire qu'il régularise l'humeur en prévenant les oscillations pathologiques, maniaques ou dépressives, dans le cadre de la PMD [psychose maniaco-dépressive] «trouble bipolaire».

CONT

Les régulateurs de l’humeur (normothymiques ou thymorégulateurs) constituent la base du traitement médicamenteux des troubles bipolaires de l’humeur, selon toutes les recommandations internationales (par exemple le système canadien CANMAT [...], ainsi qu’en France, où n’existe cependant pas de système de recommandation pour ces troubles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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